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They Live

2018 · 29 min

A gentle, nostalgic documentary that fondly remembers a vanished video rental culture, mixing warmth and melancholy.

Directed by
Goran Nikolić
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Marko Kon, Milan Krunić, Dimitrije Vojnov
Tagline
Short love VHS story
Overview
A short love story about birth, life and death of video rental stores in Belgrade, Serbia.

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Directed by
Goran Nikolić
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Marko Kon, Milan Krunić, Dimitrije Vojnov
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • memory
  • art
  • media
  • work
  • love
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour3
Realism9
Romance2
Tension1
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Genres
documentary
Directed by
Goran Nikolić
Written by
Goran Nikolić
Starring
Marko Kon, Milan Krunić, Dimitrije Vojnov, Aleksandar S. Janković, Miroslav 'Miša' Aleksić, Goran Nikolić, Zlatan Korjakić
Runtime
29 min
Country
Serbia
Languages
Serbian

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