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Sisyphus Unbound

2023 · 8 min

A taut, dialogue-driven short that feels like a tense conversation in a professor's office, with quiet emotional stakes.

Directed by
Ryan Fleming
Genres
Drama
Overview
Virgil, a college writing student, hopes to have his latest story published, but he must first get over one major hurdle before his work gets out to the world, his mercurial writing professor Richard Laymen.
How it feels
Tense, melancholic and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Ambition, power, identity, work
Content
Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
Note
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Directed by
Ryan Fleming
Genres
Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance0
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

Cast

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Ryan Fleming
Starring
Timothy J. Cox, Frederick J. Todd, Emerson Adams
Cinematography
Ashtin Francis
Runtime
8 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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