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Highfalutin

2021 · 96 min

A warm, talky hangout in a bar where people riff on an artist, equal parts affectionate and intellectually playful.

Overview: A bar full of people talking about Volker Spengler. HIGHFALUTIN is an attempt to create such a utopia, a simple "what if."
How it feels: Warm, whimsical, melancholic and satirical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Art, celebrity, memory, identity
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: art
celebrity
memory
identity
friendship
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild