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Deep Astronomy and the Romantic Sciences

2022 · 71 min

A quirky, slow-burning sci-fi comedy that feels like an intimate, offbeat musical meditation on what it means to be human.

Directed by
Cory McAbee
Genres
Comedy, Science fiction, Music
Starring
Cory McAbee, Rudy Dejesus, Michi Muzyka
Overview
Grace is a robot incognito whose primary function is to represent humanity based on a generalization created from all social media and wireless communications. Rudy is her final test.

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Directed by
Cory McAbee
Genres
Comedy, Science fiction, Music
Starring
Cory McAbee, Rudy Dejesus, Michi Muzyka
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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 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
  • identity
  • technology
  • isolation
  • love
  • media
Places
  • big city
Era
near-future
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • musical
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour7
Realism3
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity8
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, science fiction, music
Directed by
Cory McAbee
Written by
Cory McAbee
Starring
Cory McAbee, Rudy Dejesus, Michi Muzyka, Meredith Adelaide, Craig Anton, Sebastian Galasso, Matt Roper
Cinematography
William Schweikert
Runtime
71 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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