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The Shape of Things

1981·Movie
8min

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A singular cinematic figure, San Francisco’s Mike Henderson became one of the first independent African-American artists to make inroads into experimental filmmaking in the 1960s. Henderson’s work throughout the 1970s and 1980s, from which this program of 16mm films is culled, thrums with a sociopolitical, humorous sensibility that lends his small-scale, often musically kissed portraits (which he later dubbed “blues cinema”) a personal, artisanal quality. - Film Society of Lincoln Center. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2014.
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How long is The Shape of Things?

0 h 8 min

The Shape of Things runs 0 h 8 min.

What language is The Shape of Things in?

English

It was made in English.

What tropes does The Shape of Things use?

Precision F-StrikeDid Not Get the GirlKarma HoudiniChekhov's GunArtistic License – LawLove DodecahedronMeet CuteClingy Jealous GirlBitch in Sheep's ClothingUnresolved Sexual TensionRewatch BonusDowner Endingand 20 more

TV Tropes lists 32 storytelling tropes for The Shape of Things, including Precision F-Strike, Did Not Get the Girl, Karma Houdini.