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Betamaximum

2018 · 10 min

A scrappy, loose skate montage that feels like hanging out with friends and laughing at gloriously obsolete gadgets.

Directed by
Lev Tanju
Starring
Benny Fairfax, Chewy Cannon, Danny Brady
Overview
AFTER NEARLY A DECADE OF MAKING SKATE VIDEOS shot exclusively on the VHS format, London’s Palace Skateboards have taken a landmark decision to switch it up and ditch this cumbersome, weighty, ludicrously outdated technology—and to replace it with an even more cumbersome, even more weighty, even more ludicrously outdated technology! VHS Palace is dead; long live the new era of Betamax Palace!

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Directed by
Lev Tanju
Starring
Benny Fairfax, Chewy Cannon, Danny Brady
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • art
  • identity
  • media
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • documentary
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour2
Realism7
Romance0
Tension1
Darkness1
Complexity1
Emotional weight1

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Directed by
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Starring
Benny Fairfax, Chewy Cannon, Danny Brady, Jamal Smith, Juan Saavedra, Lucas Puig, Lucien Clarke, Shawn Powers
Runtime
10 min
Languages
English

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