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Stagefright

5.419811h 15mMovieDrama

An essay-film on language and theater, on human communication - intellectual in content, but purely poetic in terms of form: image, sound, language, cinema. Stagefright, with the exception of one shot, was all filmed in a small puppet theater space, actors against black.

DirectorJon Jost
WriterJon Jost

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Stagefright hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around February 19, 1981. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.