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Patient has, in the last 14 months, logged 247 films on Letterboxd. Has written a 94-word review of each, averaged across the account. Uses phrases like 'tonal dissonance,' 'mise-en-scène,' and 'genuinely transcendent.' Gave a four-star rating to a film patient fell asleep during. Has not, in 22 months, recommended a single film to an actual human in conversation without mentioning the account. The account's 14 followers do not, patient has confirmed, include any of patient's closest friends.
Chronic. The four-star rating is, apparently, load-bearing identity.
None. 'Letterboxd patron' is, in patient's private taxonomy, a worldview.
Patients with Chronic Letterboxd-Identity Performance typically present with some or all of the following:
This is the Institute's entry for Chronic Letterboxd-Identity Performance — a chronic condition cataloged for archival purposes and shared for patient use. No prescription exists. No intervention has been shown effective. Recognition is the primary benefit of diagnosis.
Formal name: Critica cinematografica publica. Not found in the DSM-5 or ICD-11. Found, routinely, in the patient population.
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