Secret Cinema story
A young woman named Jane thoroughly believes that her life is secretly being recorded, influenced, and filmed for an unknown audience. Note: This episode is a remake of Bartel's 1968 short of the same name. Directed by: Paul Bartel. Story by: Paul Bartel.
14 total · 1 choice · 3 major · 9 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| what if my life was secretly stage managed | choice | Jane discovered that many of the people closest to her were merely actors, and that her life was being filmed with hidden cameras and the content made into a drama. |
| coping with getting dumped | major | Jane was blindsided when her fiancé, Dick, left her for a Swedish model. |
| engaged couple | major | Jane was blindsided when her fiancé, Dick, left her for a Swedish model. |
| reality television in society | major | Jane discovered that many of the people closest to her were merely actors, and that her life was being filmed with hidden cameras and the content made into a drama. |
| celebrity worship | minor | Jane was, to her consternation, pestered by folk asking for her autograph, including her own mother. |
| emotional overwhelm | minor | Jane spotted a movie poster announcing that she would be institutionalized in the next episode. She promptly fainted. |
| law enforcement | minor | Two actors playing uniformed police officers barged into Dick's apartment to arrest Jane for his murder. |
| medical occupation | minor | Jane sought council from her psychiatrist, Dr. Shreck. |
| mother and daughter | minor | Jane met her mother at a restaurant for dinner. |
| murder of a lover | minor | Jane was given a revolver and told to shoot her former fiancé through the heart. She thought that she'd one so, but the revolver was a prop and the fiancé used a bag of fake blood to make it look real. |