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Failed States

2008 · 10 min

A brief, disorienting experimental collage that spins images and ideas together, leaving you slightly off-balance and thinking about chaos.

Directed by
Henry Hills
Starring
Vincent Grenier
Overview
Boys love to spin until they collapse. Is the world then spinning out of control? Preparations for renegotiating the Nonproliferation Treaty.

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Directed by
Henry Hills
Starring
Vincent Grenier
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • war
  • fate
  • identity
Places
None
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism5
Romance0
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity8
Emotional weight4

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Directed by
Henry Hills
Starring
Vincent Grenier
Runtime
10 min

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