Movie

The Overcoat

2001 · 84 min

A wordless, stylized fable that plays like a silent-era dream, by turns comic and quietly heartbreaking.

Directed by: Morris Panych
Genres: Drama

Overview: To realize its story of the little man up against the bureaucracy of the world, The Overcoat draws its asthetic inspiration from silent film era classics such as Chaplin's Modern Times and Fritz Lang's Metropolis. The Overcoat was inspired by a concept developed by co-creators Morris Panych and Wendy Gorling to create a play that could be told without spoken dialogue.

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Directed by: Morris Panych
Genres: Drama

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
isolation
identity
work
power
Places: big city
workplace
Era: timeless
Audience: adult
Form: single location
musical
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	2
Humour	5
Realism	4
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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