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What are the best "slice of life" movies? (piefed.social)
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Slice of life is a depiction of mundane experiences in art and entertainment. In theater, slice of life refers to naturalism, while in literary parlance it is a narrative technique in which a seemingly arbitrary sequence of events in a character's life is presented, often lacking plot development, conflict, and exposition, as well as often having an open ending.

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[–] Ilandar@lemmy.today 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Dogs In Space, an Australian film from 1986. Among the cast is Michael.Hutchence, former lead singer of INXS.

It's about a bunch of young people sharing a house in the suburbs of Melbourne. It has no real story, although from memory it culminates in a big house party scene. It's shot in a pretty unique way where the camera just wanders throughout the house and there are constantly things happening. Conversations sort of start and stop abruptly as the camera wanders around so you have to piece together the different snippets to develop an idea of who these different people are. Watching it sometimes feels like you're a silent housemate of these people, just observing their chaotic lives.