Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself
- warm
- gentle
- inventive
- redemptive
- tender
- intimate
Warm, steady, gentle drama / documentary, inventive in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
How every film is hand-scored →Storyteller and Conceptual Magician Derek DelGaudio attempts to understand the illusory nature of identity and answer the deceptively simple question 'Who am I?'
Our read · Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself (2020) reads as a warm, steady, inventive drama · documentary entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
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The shape of Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself
What watching it is actually like.
“You want an intimate magic show that uses illusions to explore identity, belonging, and empathy.”
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The reading.
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