United States / Jan 01, 1988 / Shown at the Chicago International Film Festival
A Slice Of Life (1988)
Directed by William Kent
5minruntime
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Plot
A black comedy dealing with oedipal conflicts, burning hot pizza and disfigurement. A tracking camera reveals a sleeping man named Melvin. In a period-piece dream (of his own childhood?) we see a young mother with a baby carriage and an older, heavy-set man with a cigar. When the carriage rolls down a staircase toward the man, his bulk fortunately stops it and saves the baby. Later, they meet again at a pizza parlor, where hot cheese from the slice he orders inadvertently slides in slow motion onto the baby. The dreamer awakens with a start revealing a face marred by burn scars. Showing the traumatic memory from the pizza parlor
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Genres
ComedyDramaThriller
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | A Slice Of Life |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Bellone Productions |
| Release date | 1 gennaio 1988 |
| Editing | William Kent, Adam Bernstein |
| Cinematography | Mark Shprintz, Tom Gilmore |
| Assistant directors | Richard Dama, James Minor, William Kent |
| Lighting | David Lee, Frank Pace, Rick Stribling |
| Camera operators | Tom Gilmore |
| Additional photography | Tom Gilmore |
| Production design | Steven Mann, Carolyn Eckert |
| Art direction | Steven Mann, Carolyn Eckert |
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| Set decoration | Steven Mann, Carolyn Eckert |
| Special effects | David Deneen |
| Music | Jeffrey Allgeier, Charles Hunt, Mark Juergens |
| Sound | Jeffrey Allgeier, Charles Hunt, Mark Juergens |
| Costume design | Marianne Skiba |
| Makeup | Marianne Skiba |
| Hairstyling | Marianne Skiba |
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