Short film

Celluloid Heroes

1977 · 7 min

A brief, introspective experiment that feels like peering through a lens into someone's private struggle, quiet and unsettling.

Directed by: Jerome de Missolz

Overview: Putting a camera between myself and my life. It can go badly. Cinema as a thérapy.

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Directed by: Jerome de Missolz

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 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
art
memory
isolation
Places: None
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	0
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	1
Tension	3
Darkness	5
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	6

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