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The Cure

2017 · 20 min

A hypnotic, kitschy curiosity that drifts between domestic melodrama and alien strangeness, rewarding patience with oddball charm.

Directed by: Mike Olenick
Genres: Thriller, Science fiction
Starring: Kait Staley, Jennifer Estlin, Lou Olenick

Overview: A surreal sci-fi soap opera that collides the idiosyncratic private lives of both humans and aliens in a parade of hypnotic slow-zooms and kitschy feline totems.

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Directed by: Mike Olenick
Genres: Thriller, Science fiction
Starring: Kait Staley, Jennifer Estlin, Lou Olenick

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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
isolation
love
family
obsession
Places: suburbs
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	2
Humour	5
Realism	3
Romance	3
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: thriller, science fiction
Directed by: Mike Olenick
Written by: Mike Olenick
Starring: Kait Staley, Jennifer Estlin, Lou Olenick, David Rysdahl, Justin Rose, Lyindaa Russell
Cinematography: Mike Olenick
Runtime: 20 min

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