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MT RUSH

2016 · 40 min

A wry, disorienting drift through political noise and lonely parkland, more essay than story, asking you to sit with the static.

Directed by
Elizabeth Orr
Genres
Drama, Science fiction
Starring
Julia Read
Overview
MT RUSH - is the present as a near-future science fiction, chronicling the day-to-day activities of a lesbian Mt. Rushmore Park Ranger as she navigates an onslaught of interactive fundraising emails that appear on a transparent interface, leading up to the 2016 Presidential election. The narrative arc of the movie is based on the urgent, alarmist, and oddly personalized campaign and fundraising emails from the Democrats and Republicans (i.e. Hillary Has Been Emailing You… or WE QUIT: but we don’t want to quit). Serving as both narrator and foil to the ranger, the emails perform the pervasive political rhetoric in today’s systems of governance; while acting as a meditation on the National Park Service and politics.

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Directed by
Elizabeth Orr
Genres
Drama, Science fiction
Starring
Julia Read
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 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
  • politics
  • media
  • isolation
  • identity
  • technology
Places
  • wilderness
  • workplace
Era
near-future
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour5
Realism6
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity8
Emotional weight5

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Genres
drama, science fiction
Directed by
Elizabeth Orr
Starring
Julia Read
Runtime
40 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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