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Public Hearing

2012 · 110 min

A hypnotic, wry and quietly absorbing experiment where bureaucratic speech becomes strangely theatrical and revealing.

Directed by
James N. Kienitz Wilkins
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Theodore Bouloukos, Greg Steinbruner
Overview
Public Hearing is the verbatim re-performance of a rural American town meeting from a transcript downloaded as publicly available information. Shot entirely in cinematic close-up on black-and-white 16mm film, a cast of actors and non-actors read between the lines in an ironic debate over the replacement of an existing Wal-Mart with a super Wal-Mart.

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Directed by
James N. Kienitz Wilkins
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Theodore Bouloukos, Greg Steinbruner
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • class
  • power
  • work
  • morality
Places
  • small town
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
  • true story
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour5
Realism9
Romance0
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity8
Emotional weight5

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Genres
documentary
Directed by
James N. Kienitz Wilkins
Starring
Theodore Bouloukos, Greg Steinbruner
Runtime
110 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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