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Time Goes by Like a Roaring Lion

Name: Time Goes by Like a Roaring Lion
Director: Philipp Hartmann
Released: 2013
Duration: 79 min

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5.0/10

Fair

2013

Director

Philipp Hartmann

Runtime

79 minutes

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This experimental documentary functions as a deeply personal essay, prioritizing the filmmaker's subjective experience over broad social representation. The narrative is built around a rigid mathematical framework where each minute represents a year of the director's life. Because the film is an autobiographical meditation on aging and memory, it lacks the breadth found in social dramas. It does not actively explore systemic identity issues, focusing instead on the technical and poetic pursuit of a long-lasting shot. Ultimately, the work is a study of individualistic, secular existentialism. It disrupts conventional documentary pacing through its strict temporal rules rather than through diverse character studies.

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Category Breakdown

Does Time Goes by Like a Roaring Lion have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film focuses on the director's internal experiences over time. There are no explicit depictions of LGBTQ+ identities or non-straight relationships.

How does Time Goes by Like a Roaring Lion portray gender?

Fair

The narrative centers on a single male perspective. It lacks the character interactions needed to challenge traditional gender power dynamics.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Time Goes by Like a Roaring Lion?

Fair

The scope is limited to the individual's life journey. There is no evidence of a diverse cast or multi-layered racial narratives.

How does Time Goes by Like a Roaring Lion represent religion and culture?

Good

The film prioritizes individual poetic freedom over traditional societal structures. It favors a secular, highly personalized existential outlook over institutional or religious milestones.

Does Time Goes by Like a Roaring Lion include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no evidence regarding the depiction of physical or neurodivergent disabilities in this work.

Present on Screen

Offers a unique, non-traditional approach to storytelling through a strict mathematical temporal framework.
Provides a poetic, secular meditation on aging and the deconstruction of linear life stories.

Limited or Absent

Lacks a diverse ensemble cast and multi-layered breadth to explore broader social identities.
The singular, subjective focus limits the exploration of varied gendered or racial perspectives.

Official Synopsis

Hartmann proposes a 76-minute film in which each minute stands for a year of his life. This obsessive rule is invoked in the last 4 “years” of his life (and of the film). A cable-car journey codes in its own duration the secret of a perdurable shot. A poetic emancipation by a young filmmaker: a life plan finding its right frame. Roger Koza

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