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but abandoned the idea out of a desire to achieve an âorganic hand-made feelâ for the film. Barker was committed to completing the film with a much shorter production schedule than his previous works, which averaged âa disturbing and embarrassing 8½ years per film.â In
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about a 12-year-old boy speculating on what he would do if he was God. The film is inspired by Barker's experiences as a 12-year-old in grade seven, dissecting and experimenting on a frog in biology class, and sensing the approaching power of adulthood after having left the confines of elementary
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