Movie

The Casting Couch

1995 · 57 min

A dry, talky documentary that peeks behind Hollywood's glamorous curtain, mixing nostalgia with a sobering look at ambition and exploitation.

Tagline: Hollywood is a town full of beautiful girls prepared to sacrifice everything to be a star!
Overview: An unprecedented anthology of never-before-told true stories by and about some of Hollywood's most interesting stars, legends, and wannabes, and takes readers inside Hollywood's inner sanctum to show how casting decisions are made, who makes them, and who has the final word.
How it feels: Cynical, satirical and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Ambition, power, celebrity, gender
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: cynicalstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: ambition
power
celebrity
gender
exploration
Places: big city
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
anthology
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild