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All Smiles and Sadness

Jan 1, 1999

0h 8m

★ 0.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

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Cast

Monologue Narrator

George Kuchar

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