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How to Invent Reality

1996 · 31 min

A quiet, cerebral essay that blurs the line between observation and staging, asking you to watch the filmmaker watch.

Directed by
Jon Bang Carlsen
Genres
Documentary
Overview
Jon Bang Carlsen's essay about his way of approaching reality with a camera. Following the filming of "It's Now or Never", the story of an Irish bachelor's quest for love, Jon Bang Carlsen elaborates on how he manipulates reality in order to get to the core of it. " Staged documentary " he calls his method.
How it feels
Measured and demanding.
About
Art, identity, love, isolation
Content
No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Directed by
Jon Bang Carlsen
Genres
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism8
    Romance2
    Tension1
    Darkness2
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight4

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