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Wax, or The Discovery of Television Among the Bees

1991 · 85 min

A disorienting, dreamlike collage of found footage and animation that feels like tuning into a hallucinatory broadcast from a very strange mind.

Overview: Computer programmer/beekeeper Jacob gets a "television" implanted in his brain by a race of telekinetic bees, which causes him to experience severe hallucinations.
How it feels: Eerie, absurd, satirical and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Technology, war, identity, obsession
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: technology
war
identity
obsession
madness
Places: small town
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: found footage
nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Genres: science fiction
Directed by: David Blair
Written by: David Blair
Starring: David Blair, Father Bessarion, William S. Burroughs, Florence Ormezzano, Meg Savlov, Dr. Clyde Tombaugh
Music: Beo Morales, Brooks Williams
Cinematography: Mark Kaplan
Runtime: 85 min
Country: United States of America, Germany
Languages: English