Short film

Chinese Firedrill

1968 · 25 min

A disorienting, hypnotic collage that traps you in a cramped space and unsettles your sense of time and self.

Directed by: Will Hindle

Overview: Hindle's prize-laden work of cataclysmic visual and mental schisms stands as one-of-a-kind. Human universals crammed into a moment (infinity?) in one small enclosure (the universe?). The identifying viewer will judge.

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Directed by: Will Hindle

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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 1 of 3
darkstrength 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: identity
isolation
madness
fate
art
Places: single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	4
Humour	2
Realism	3
Romance	1
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	9
Emotional weight	6

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