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Sweet Bird of Youth

1989 · 95 min

A slow, humid, melancholy character piece about self-deception and fading glamour, heavy with regret and quiet desperation.

Directed by
Nicolas Roeg
Genres
Drama, Tv movie
Tagline
A Passionate Romance
Overview
Tennessee William’s masterful melodrama about an aging movie star who, appalled by her own image on the screen, flees from her movie premiere and goes into seclusion, becoming entangled with a much younger hotel masseur and resident gigolo.

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Directed by
Nicolas Roeg
Genres
Drama, Tv movie
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • aging
    • identity
    • obsession
    • addiction
    • betrayal
    Places
    • small town
    • road trip
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • single location
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour2
    Realism7
    Romance6
    Tension5
    Darkness7
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight8

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