Six Men Getting Sick

Six Men Getting Sick

Directed by David Lynch

Produced by Pensylvania Academy of Fine Arts

19674 min5.5 / 10

A deliberately transgressive experimental short that uses bodily revulsion and surreal sculptural projection to create visceral discomfort and provoke interpretation.

Lynch's first film project consists of a looping animation of six people vomiting projected on to a special sculptured screen featuring twisted three-dimensional faces.

Questions people ask

  • Does Six Men Getting Sick end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 98% of films.

  • Is Six Men Getting Sick easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Is Six Men Getting Sick sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.

  • Is Six Men Getting Sick violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Is Six Men Getting Sick scary? 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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53/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity98

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise82

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love8

How much audiences actually like it

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