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Time Past

1966 · 9 min

A quiet, unsettling experimental piece that drifts through time and memory, asking patience and rewarding it with unease.

Directed by
Paul Cox
Overview
An experimental meditation on the nature of time as a young woman is traumatised by a visit to an abandoned suburban warehouse...

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Directed by
Paul Cox
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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
    • isolation
    • trauma
    Places
    • suburbs
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror4
    Humour0
    Realism5
    Romance0
    Tension4
    Darkness6
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight6

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    Directed by
    Paul Cox
    Runtime
    9 min

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