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Jimmy Boden

2023 · 10 min

A short, strange pressure-cooker of bureaucratic absurdity that turns a petty institutional job into a quietly desperate breaking point.}{.

Directed by: Christopher Pickering
Genres: Drama
Starring: Andrew Simmons, Luis Ochoa, Rick Reischman

Overview: An imprisoned government asset whose sole purpose is determining the serving sizes of snacks has finally reached his breaking point.

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Directed by: Christopher Pickering
Genres: Drama
Starring: Andrew Simmons, Luis Ochoa, Rick Reischman

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Tone: absurdstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: power
isolation
rebellion
work
identity
Places: prison
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	5
Realism	4
Romance	0
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Christopher Pickering
Written by: Christopher Pickering
Starring: Andrew Simmons, Luis Ochoa, Rick Reischman, Jacob Staudenmaier, Jack Balta, Paul Katona
Cinematography: Christopher Pickering
Runtime: 10 min
Country: United States of America

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