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Heads and Tales

1967 · 20 min

A wordless, image-driven experimental missive that drifts by like a private letter, rewarding patience with texture rather than story.

Overview
Directed by a friend of Étienne O'Leary, this film missive, whose words are images, was held in very high esteem by Pierre Clémenti.

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • art
    • identity
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • nonlinear
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror2
    Humour2
    Realism3
    Romance2
    Tension2
    Darkness4
    Complexity8
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Directed by
    Francis Conrad
    Starring
    Margareth Clémenti, Pierre Clémenti, Francis Conrad, Barbara Girard, Michèle Giraud, Étienne O'Leary
    Runtime
    20 min
    Country
    France
    Languages
    No Language

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