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FRAMEEighth Grade
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· Awkward, tender, recognizably human
A small life, felt at full volume.
Eighth Grade (2018)Bo Burnham · 94 min
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Bo Burnham follows Kayla through the last stretch of middle school. The scale is ordinary; the feeling is enormous. Try it for the gap between an online performance of confidence and the much less tidy experience of living.
ONE THING TO NOTICE
Compare the framing of the video messages with the school scenes. Where does Kayla seem able to control how she is seen?