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The Other Side of the Wind

2018 · 122 min

A dizzying, fragmented satire that feels like a chaotic party you can't quite follow, full of ego and melancholy.

Tagline
40 years in the making.
Overview
At a media-swamped party to celebrate his seventieth birthday and screen his avant-garde film-in-progress, a legendary but jaded Hollywood director is faced both with voracious fans and unsettling questions about what became of his lead actor.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • obsession
  • celebrity
  • aging
  • betrayal
Places
  • single country house
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • mockumentary
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour6
Realism6
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity9
Emotional weight7

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Orson Welles
Written by
Orson Welles, Oja Kodar
Starring
John Huston, Oja Kodar, Peter Bogdanovich, Susan Strasberg, Norman Foster, Robert Random, Lilli Palmer, Edmond O'Brien
Music
Michel Legrand
Cinematography
Gary Graver
Runtime
122 min
Country
France, Iran
Languages
English

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