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The Insomniac

1971 · 45 min

A restless, dreamlike drift through sterile city nights into strange, sensual wilderness, unsettling and oddly hypnotic.

Overview: An insomniac who lives in a sterile urban environment has a strange waking dream one night in which he experiences a surreal adventure incorporating wild nature and sexual freedom.
How it feels: Eerie, melancholic, tense and whimsical. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Isolation, identity, freedom, sexuality
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
identity
freedom
sexuality
madness
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Genres: thriller, mystery
Directed by: Rodney Giesler
Written by: Rodney Giesler
Starring: Morris Perry, Valerie Van Ost, Patricia Leventon, Neville Marten, Simon Merrick
Cinematography: Anthony B. Richmond
Runtime: 45 min
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English