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Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade

2007 · 90 min

A gentle, wistful hangout with aging dreamers whose arcade glory days are long gone, funny and quietly sad.

Directed by
Lincoln Ruchti
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Billy Mitchell, Walter Day, Steve Sanders
Tagline
An arcade adventure.
Overview
1982's Video Game World Champions share their philosophies on joysticks, groupies and life.

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Directed by
Lincoln Ruchti
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Billy Mitchell, Walter Day, Steve Sanders
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • memory
  • obsession
  • identity
  • aging
  • friendship
Places
  • small town
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • true story
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism9
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Lincoln Ruchti
Starring
Billy Mitchell, Walter Day, Steve Sanders, Todd Rogers, Darren Olsen, Ronald Bailey, Sam Blackburn, Leo Daniels
Cinematography
Lisa Wiegand
Runtime
90 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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