Is Dear Phone violent?

No. Less violent than 92% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Barely. Less frightening than 76% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Not especially. Less sad than 73% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Dear Phone easy watching?

Somewhat. More comforting than 62% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Dear Phone end with hope?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Dear Phone

Name: Dear Phone
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1976
Duration: 17 min
Rating: 5.4
Cast: Peter Greenaway

Directed by Peter Greenaway

Produced by BFI

197617 min5.4 / 10

A whimsical, loosely-structured comedy that uses telephone-related vignettes and artistic imagery to explore the absurd and peculiar.

A narrator relates a variety of peculiar stories involving characters with the initials HC and their dealings with telephones. These are interspersed with artistic shots of telephone boxes in a variety of locations.

Clusters

Visually Experimental Films Media and Communication Devices Writers And Writing

Genres

Comedy

Keywords

Story Teller Telephone

Questions people ask

Is Dear Phone violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.
Is Dear Phone scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.
Is Dear Phone sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.
Is Dear Phone easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 62% of films.
Does Dear Phone end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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