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DC Showcase: Death

2019 · 19 min

A quiet, bittersweet meditation on creativity and mortality that lingers like a half-remembered dream.

Directed by
Sam Liu
Genres
Fantasy, Animation, Drama
Overview
Vincent, an artist with unresolved inner demons, meets a mysterious girl who helps him come to terms with his creative legacy… and eventual death.
How it feels
Melancholic, dark, earnest and bleak. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Grief, death, art, identity
Content
Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
Note
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Directed by
Sam Liu
Genres
Fantasy, Animation, Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 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
  • grief
  • death
  • art
  • identity
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • animated
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour1
Realism4
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
fantasy, animation, drama
Directed by
Sam Liu
Written by
J. M. DeMatteis
Starring
Jamie Chung, Leonardo Nam, Darin De Paul, Keith Szarabajka, Kari Wahlgren
Music
Frederik Wiedmann
Runtime
19 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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