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Dramatic Relationships

2016 · 6 min

A sly, uncomfortable little comedy that quietly skewers male ego and filmmaking pretension, leaving you amused and slightly squirmy.

Directed by
Dustin Guy Defa
Genres
Comedy
Overview
Scenes from the working life of a male director: Defa sophisticatedly lampoons masculinity in filmmaking with this sly, surprising meta-movie. (Courtesy of Film Society of Lincoln Center.)

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Directed by
Dustin Guy Defa
Genres
Comedy
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • gender
  • power
  • art
  • identity
  • work
Places
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism6
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight3

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
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Written by
Dustin Guy Defa
Starring
Bingham Bryant, Lindsay Burdge, Hannah Gross, Stephen Gurewitz, Agostina Gálvez, Jennifer Kim, Elisa Lasowski, Keith Poulson
Runtime
6 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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