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Mister Buddwing

1966 · 100 min

A disorienting, melancholy puzzle that drifts through city streets and fractured memories, demanding patience as it slowly reveals a painful truth.

Tagline: The Story of a Man Who Had to Live Twelve Years in One Day with Four Women!
Overview: An amnesiac wanders the streets of Manhattan, trying to solve the mystery of who he is.
How it feels: Melancholic, eerie, tense and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Identity, memory, grief, guilt
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
memory
grief
guilt
love
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild