Finding Vivian Maier
2013 · 83 min · Director: Charlie Siskel, John Maloof
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
Real estate agent John Maloof explains how a trip to a local auction house, in search for old pictures to use for a history book about his neighborhood, resulted in him bidding and winning a box full of old negatives. John goes through the massive quantity of negatives, describes how impressed he is by the quality of the images, becomes quickly determined they are not reverent to his project and just puts them away. That could have very likely had been the end of the story, if the power of the images had not pushed him to fall in love with photography. John confides that his photo hobby quickly motivated him to set up a darkroom and devote large amounts of time printing. As he learned more about photography, he recognized that those negatives he had bought, then stored, were the work of a real master. In an attempt to confirm his suspicion, he selected about 100 images and put them online with the hope that the feedback would confirm his judgement as to the strength of the images.
Emotional fingerprint
Finding Vivian Maier (2013) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Curiosity 35%, Empathy 25%, Awe 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Curiosity35%
- Empathy25%
- Awe20%
- Nostalgia10%
- Satisfaction10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Curiosity, Empathy, Awe. Genres: Documentary, Mystery, Biography. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Curiosity, Empathy and Awe. Its IMDb rating of 7.7/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 75/100.
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Emotional journey
- Curiosity
- Sadness
- Disturbing
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Curiosity
Dominant emotion: Awe
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Disturbing
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Curiosity | Sadness | Disturbing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 2′ | Curiosity | 58 % | 58 % | 7 % | 2 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 6′ | Curiosity | 60 % | 56 % | 11 % | 3 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 10′ | Awe | 59 % | 51 % | 15 % | 4 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 15′ | Curiosity | 54 % | 50 % | 10 % | 6 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 19′ | Curiosity | 46 % | 43 % | 13 % | 9 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 23′ | Sadness | 45 % | 31 % | 26 % | 15 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 27′ | Empathy | 51 % | 35 % | 24 % | 20 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 31′ | Curiosity | 56 % | 50 % | 11 % | 16 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 35′ | Curiosity | 56 % | 55 % | 15 % | 15 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 39′ | Curiosity | 58 % | 55 % | 21 % | 15 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 44′ | Curiosity | 60 % | 56 % | 15 % | 6 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 48′ | Awe | 56 % | 46 % | 18 % | 10 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 52′ | Sadness | 56 % | 33 % | 34 % | 36 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 56′ | Disturbing | 69 % | 25 % | 49 % | 64 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 60′ | Disturbing | 74 % | 23 % | 53 % | 71 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 64′ | Disturbing | 64 % | 21 % | 49 % | 51 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 68′ | Sadness | 59 % | 18 % | 50 % | 31 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 73′ | Empathy | 60 % | 16 % | 50 % | 25 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 77′ | Empathy | 59 % | 21 % | 46 % | 14 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 81′ | Sadness | 57 % | 27 % | 45 % | 3 % |
Riches to rags
Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.
Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.
Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.
Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.
Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Cast
Self - Interview Subject
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Self - Talk Show Host
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Self - Gallery Owner
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Self - Photographer
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Details
- Directed by
- Charlie Siskel, John Maloof
- Written by
- Charlie Siskel, John Maloof
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2013
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Country
- United States
- Genres
- Documentary, Mystery, Biography
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Curiosity
- Data updated
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