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I Think They Call Him John (1964)

I Think They Call Him John poster
Directed by
John Krish
Genre
documentary film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
28 min
Rated
U
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This short film follows an old man through his daily routine. It shows the small, ordinary tasks that fill his solitary life.

lonelyobservationalslow-pacedmelancholicrealisticintimatequietsadmundane

What happens

I Think They Call Him John is a 1964 British short film, written and directed by John Krish and produced by Jack Carruthers, with Anne Balfour-Fraser serving as the film's executive producer, for Samaritan Films. It is a narrated observation of an elderly, lonely man during one day of his life. It was released at the Polish Film Festival in Warsaw. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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