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Cutting Moments (1997)

Cutting Moments poster
Directed by
Douglas Buck
Genre
horror, drama
Country
United States
Runtime
29 min
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 44 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A suburban family unravels under the pressure of a dark secret. The film follows a father and mother whose marriage cracks as a hidden trauma surfaces.

disturbingtensebleakunsettlingslow-burnclaustrophobicgrittycold

What happens

Cutting Moments is a 1997 short film written, produced, and directed by Douglas Buck, in cooperation with The New School. The film was first released on a VHS compilation also called "Cutting Moments" before being re-released in August 2004 as part of Buck's suburban holocaust collection Family Portraits: A Trilogy of America. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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