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The Age of the Barbarians

1970 · 10 min

A dense, unsettling collage that washes over you in fragments, demanding close attention as it builds a cold, anxious portrait of modern life.

Overview
An animated collage of life in the terrifying modern age.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • violence
  • war
  • technology
  • isolation
  • power
Places
None
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror4
Humour2
Realism3
Romance0
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity8
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
animation
Directed by
Sándor Reisenbüchler
Written by
Sándor Reisenbüchler
Runtime
10 min
Country
Hungary
Languages
No Language

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