Short film

Facing a Family

1971 · 5 min

A brief, quietly unsettling conceptual piece that turns the act of watching into a mirror, leaving you aware of your own gaze.

Directed by: Valie Export
Genres: Documentary

Overview: A family is observed watching television. The viewer becomes the object of the family's gaze, as much as the family is the object of the viewer's gaze.

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Directed by: Valie Export
Genres: Documentary

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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: media
family
isolation
Places: home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	0
Horror	1
Humour	1
Realism	9
Romance	0
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	4

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