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The Pursuit of What Was

2009 · 22 min

A quiet, dreamlike drift through fragments of recollection that asks you to sit still and let images wash over you.

Directed by
Huang Ya-Li
Overview
How do those within the memories show themselves to us?
How it feels
Melancholic, eerie and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Memory, identity, isolation
Content
No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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Directed by
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How it feels

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Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
None
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror1
Humour1
Realism5
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity8
Emotional weight6

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Directed by
Huang Ya-Li
Written by
Huang Ya-Li
Runtime
22 min
Country
Taiwan
Languages
No Language

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