Short film

Stone

2013 · 6 min

A hypnotic single take that pulls you into a street hustler's patter, equal parts spectacle and quiet unease.

Directed by: Kevin Jerome Everson
Genres: Documentary

Overview: Kevin Jerome Everson's single-take film of a street hustler's sleight-of-hand game takes its place in a rowdy crowd of onlookers. The camera stays focused on the man's fleet fingers while the audio is glued to his gift of gab: "Keep your eyes on that little red dot if you want to win cold cash money on the spot." Every bit the performer, the hustler makes us wonder whether the film itself might be a kind of shell game (with the seemingly raw immediacy of the shot concealing its artistic intentionality). - Max Goldberg

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Directed by: Kevin Jerome Everson
Genres: Documentary

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: deception
obsession
crime
class
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	3
Realism	9
Romance	0
Tension	5
Darkness	4
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	3

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