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Tight 24-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Eat the Sun
1975 0h 24m EN
Synopsis
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A mockumentary about the Temple of Self Amplification, a new age church where devotees utilize bio-video feedback to progress through the Tapasia Ritual, led by church elder Viduru Telemahandi, in hopes of achieving total enlightenment aka The Impossible Truth.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Steve De Jarnatt
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The take
Steve De Jarnatt directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 24-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 2Shot for just $0.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
- 351 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 24 min · 0h 24m
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $5,000
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Steve De Jarnatt
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere1975-07-01· Bellevue International Film Festival
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