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The Girl Chewing Gum

The Girl Chewing Gum

1976Short⏱️ 12mTV-PG
ShortComedy
6.7
IMDB Rating
1,050 votes

A short film in which a director's voice appears to be directing all the action on a busy London street.

Director
John Smith
Writers
N/A
Stars
N/A
Release Date
February 2, 2011
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
💬 7
Reviews
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🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Dalston, London, England, UK
Production
Royal College of Art

🏷️ Keywords

london englandpedestrianindependent film

🎯 Categories

ComedyShort

⭐ Featured Review

Life imitates art?
by zahrady2008-07-27
10/10

"Excellent short film. In addition to previous comments, I'd like to add that the The Girl Chewing Gum could be seen as a visual rendering of the ubiquitous and unanswerable question whether "art imitates life" or "life imitates art". The question this film actually poses, seems to be if reality exists in itself (that is, independent of something like culture, emotion, our actions in it, etc), which implies that we, human beings that we are, can never really touch upon it (that we are mere spectators) - or that reality is the product of man's intervening in it, th..."

📖 Synopsis

A short film in which a director's voice appears to be directing all the action on a busy London street.