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66 Scenes from America

1982 · 42 min

A slow, quiet drift through ordinary American moments, like flipping through postcards that quietly rearrange how you see.

Directed by
Jørgen Leth
Genres
Documentary
Overview
As a visual narrative it is reminiscent of a pile of postcards from a journey, which indeed is what the film is. It consists of a series of lengthy shots of a tableau nature, each appearing to be a more or less random cross section of American reality, but which in total invoke a highly emblematic picture of the USA.

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  • DocAlliance Films
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Directed by
Jørgen Leth
Genres
Documentary
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • isolation
  • art
  • media
  • memory
Places
  • road trip
  • big city
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • anthology
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour2
Realism9
Romance0
Tension1
Darkness1
Complexity6
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Jørgen Leth
Written by
Ole John
Starring
Jørgen Leth, Andy Warhol, Kim Larsen
Cinematography
Dan Holmberg
Runtime
42 min
Country
Denmark
Languages
Danish, English

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