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Seven Songs About Thunder

2010 · 20 min

A wry, unsettling short that finds deadpan humor in morbid discovery and emotional avoidance, keeping you off-balance.

Directed by
Jennifer Reeder
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Darline Jarry, Paula Carter, Jon Osbeck
Overview
When a young woman with remarkable and hilarious coping skills finds the dead body of a teenage girl in the woods she is forced to reconcile her greatest fear--her fantastically failing life. This is a dark comedy about a mother, a daughter, a liar and her therapist.

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Directed by
Jennifer Reeder
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Darline Jarry, Paula Carter, Jon Osbeck
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • grief
  • identity
  • isolation
  • family
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour6
Realism6
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
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Music
Casey Cooper
Cinematography
Mike Olenick
Runtime
20 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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