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All Smiles and Sadness

All Smiles and Sadness

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ComedyDrama

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McGuire constructs a murky black and white soap-opera world of endless, timeless, and placeless limbo, where the characters talk to each other entirely in clichés, bad poetry, and other contrite forms of speech — a short TV show in which nothing is resolved. The video culminates in an absolutely stunning monologue performance by legendary underground film and videomaker George Kuchar.

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Budget

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

8 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

01 January 1999

Country

United States of America

Cast

George Kuchar

George Kuchar

Monologue Narrator

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