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An Early Frost : Michael Attempts Suicide

Despairing at his prognosis, Michael Pierson (Aidan Quinn) attempts in his parents' garage. His father, Nick (Ben Gazzara) discovers and stops him; after a brief interjection from Katherine, Nick's mother (Gena Rowlands) the two have a lengthy confrontation.

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act 3 (three-act structure), backlighting, beat, action, beat, emotion, beat, event, brightness, camera height, character, character development, chiaroscuro, close-up, complex storytelling, crosscutting, depth of field, dialogue, direct address, dissolve, dolly shot, editing, establishing shot, exterior, extreme close-up, framing, high angle, interior, lighting, low angle, match on action, medium close-up, medium long shot, medium shot, monologue, music, diegetic, music, empathetic, music, nondiegetic, performance, prop, reaction shot, shot/reverse shot, sound effects, stylized acting, tilt, tracking shot, two-shot

Diversity in Media Representation

LGBTQ: Cisgender Female, LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Gay Man, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Man, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Woman, LGBTQ: Straight passing, White, White: White American

"Michael Attempts Suicide" in An Early Frost. Directed by John Erman, NBC Studios, 1985, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=2948

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