{"id":3703,"date":"2026-08-16T21:46:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T03:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brunner-sung.com\/?post_type=portfolio&p=3703"},"modified":"2026-09-08T12:27:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T18:27:30","slug":"character","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.brunner-sung.com\/?portfolio=character","title":{"rendered":"Character (2020)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Actor Mark Metcalf made his reputation playing aggrieved authority figures, most famously in NATIONAL LAMPOON\u2019S ANIMAL HOUSE and BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER. Now in his 70s, he takes a critical look back on his life and career in this meditation on power, privilege, and the perils of being a \u201ctype.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

16min, DCP<\/p>\n\n\n\n

View trailer.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vimeo Staff Pick.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now streaming on The New Yorker Documentary.\u2028<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n


SELECTED PRESS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

D\u2019Arpino, Adam. \u201cA retired character actor contemplates what it\u2019s like to get lost in a stereotype.\u201d Psyche, 12 Jan 2022.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oztaskin, Murat. \u201cThe Price of Performance, in \u2018Character.\u2019\u201d The New Yorker, 11 Nov 2020.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cVera Brunner-Sung & Girish Shambu on Character.\u201d Read Watch Listen: The
Wexner Center for the Arts, 17 Dec 2020.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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CREDITS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Produced, directed, and edited by VERA BRUNNER-SUNG\u2028<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Co- Producer and Cinematographer ORI SEGEV\u2028<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Music by RYLAND WHARTON<\/p>\n\n\n\n


SCREENINGS

2021
Ajyal Film Festival, Qatar\u2028 \/ Conofest Summer Series, Spain\u2028 \/ THIRD ACTion Film Festival, Calgary, AB\u2028 \/ Sydney Underground Int\u2019l Womens Day Benefit, Australia\u2028<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020
Conofest, Spain\u2028 \/ The Loft Short Film Festival, Tucson\u2028 \/ Weyauwega International Film Festival, WI (Winner \u2013 Best Short Documentary) \/ \u2028Kurzfilmtage Winthertur (Kurzfilmtage Recommendations)\u2028 \/ Carbonia Film Festival, Italy\u2028 \/ Pacific Meridian International Film Festival, Vladivostok\u2028 \/ Hamptons International Film Festival\u2028 \/ Sydney Underground Film Festival\u2028 \/ Palm Springs Shortfest\u2028 \/ Visions du R\u00e9el (Media Library)\u2028 \/ Aspen Shortsfest\u2028 \/ Big Sky Documentary Film Festival (Best Short Competition)\u2028 \/ Sundance Film Festival (WP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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