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The Scientist

2010 · 87 min

A quiet, brooding chamber piece that turns a basement experiment into an unsettling meditation on obsession and what lies beyond.

Tagline
What Do You Think Happens When You Die?
Overview
A reclusive physicist creates an infinite-energy machine in his basement that changes his life and all those around him.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • isolation
  • science
  • identity
  • death
Places
  • home
  • suburbs
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour2
Realism5
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, science fiction
Directed by
Zach LeBeau
Written by
Chase Brandau, Zach LeBeau
Starring
Bill Sage, Adam LeFevre, Jamie Elman, Brittany Benjamin, Daniela Lavender, Jerry Longe, Quinn Kay, Bryan McClure
Runtime
87 min
Languages
English

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