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The_____Necessities

2020 · 4 min

It is a quick, disorienting dive into a fractured reality where escape seems impossible.

Directed by
Benjamin Font
Starring
Benjamin Font
Overview
Stuck in an existential loop somehow involving a strip club, a church, and a dream that may result in his own death, a man attempts to break his world down to its bare bones in order to avoid any further worries and strife and change the outcome of the dream.

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Directed by
Benjamin Font
Starring
Benjamin Font
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • death
  • fate
  • madness
Places
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror5
Humour1
Realism3
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Directed by
Benjamin Font
Written by
Benjamin Font
Starring
Benjamin Font
Runtime
4 min

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