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Phantom Limb

1998 · 21 min

A quiet, fragmentary experimental piece that drifts between places and memories, asking patience and rewarding it with unease.

Directed by
Nicolás Guagnini, Karin Schneider
Overview
16mm fiction documentary filmed in Brazil, Argentina, and Poland.

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Directed by
Nicolás Guagnini, Karin Schneider
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • memory
    • identity
    • isolation
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    • nonlinear
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror2
    Humour1
    Realism6
    Romance1
    Tension3
    Darkness5
    Complexity8
    Emotional weight5

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    Directed by
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    Runtime
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