Glossary of Broken Dreams
An irreverent animated documentary revue where Johannes Grenzfurthner dismantles political buzzwords through a riotous collage of puppets, pixels, anime, live action, and stock footage.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Dense
- Violence
- None
- witty
- irreverent
- aggressive
- political discussion night
- experimental film night
What critics said
Critics broadly praise the film's inventive multimedia collage, intellectual ambition, topical political analysis, and witty aggression, while noting that its experimental density can challenge accessibility.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Johannes Grenzfurthner guides a revue examining freedom, privacy, identity, resistance, the market, and the left as corrupted public concepts.
Puppets, pixels, anime, live action, stock footage, musicians, and game-like graphics coexist in a deliberately dense montage.
The host responds to ignorant internet discourse with aggressive, witty, and uncompromising commentary.
The film targets contemporary internet ignorance, echo chambers, and the overuse or abuse of political terminology.
Films like Glossary of Broken Dreams, and why
The Pervert's Guide to Ideology
shares politically charged essay-film structure, rapid-fire intellectual commentary, and irreverent humor
Waking Life
shares animated documentary hybridity, philosophical inquiry, and playful visual experimentation
The Century of the Self
shares collage-like nonfiction filmmaking, media critique, and confrontational political energy
Movie Details
- Director
- Johannes Grenzfurthner
- Release Date
- 2018-03-16
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 (11)
Cast
- Johannes Grenzfurthner
- Amber Benson
- Max Grodénchik
- Jeff Ricketts
- Jason Scott
- Roland Gratzer
- Charlie Poulon
- Michael J. Epstein
- Daniel Hasibar
- Conny Lee
Common questions
- What is Glossary of Broken Dreams about?
- An irreverent animated documentary revue where Johannes Grenzfurthner dismantles political buzzwords through a riotous collage of puppets, pixels, anime, live action, and stock footage.
- What is Glossary of Broken Dreams like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Glossary of Broken Dreams as breakneck, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as dense.
- Is Glossary of Broken Dreams violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Glossary of Broken Dreams.
- What did critics think of Glossary of Broken Dreams?
- Critics broadly praise the film's inventive multimedia collage, intellectual ambition, topical political analysis, and witty aggression, while noting that its experimental density can challenge accessibility.
- Which films are like Glossary of Broken Dreams?
- Films with a similar feel include The Pervert's Guide to Ideology, Waking Life, and The Century of the Self.
- How long is Glossary of Broken Dreams?
- Glossary of Broken Dreams runs 98 minutes.
