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Mercy

1989 · 10 min

A dizzying, intellectual collage that bombards the senses with flickering media fragments, rewarding close attention but leaving you unsettled.

Directed by
Abigail Child
Overview
Images and sounds of American mass media, are dissected and carefully composed into a rapid-fire montage which reveals the processes at work. The myth of the 'body beautiful' is effectively debunked in an overwhelming swirl of movement and sound

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Directed by
Abigail Child
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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • media
    • gender
    • identity
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • found footage
    • nonlinear
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action3
    Horror2
    Humour2
    Realism6
    Romance0
    Tension5
    Darkness4
    Complexity8
    Emotional weight4

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    Directed by
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    Runtime
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    Country
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    Languages
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