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Thirty-Nine in the Desert

2023 · 10 min

A quiet, introspective short that lingers on a man's uneasy self-reckoning, more mood than plot.

Directed by
Vance Stringer
Overview
On the eve of his 39th birthday, a New York ad exec meets a local Palm Springs go-go boy, forcing him to examine his own life.
How it feels
Melancholic and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Identity, loneliness, aging, sexuality
Content
Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
Note
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Directed by
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

Cast

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Details

Directed by
Vance Stringer
Written by
Vance Stringer
Starring
Elijah Olachea, Sean Patrick McGowan
Cinematography
Matthew Lynn
Runtime
10 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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