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Flashes - The Director's Cut

2015 · 101 min

A disorienting psychological puzzle that shifts between lives, blending tension and melancholy as a man fights to hold onto the one reality he loves.

Directed by: Amir Valinia
Genres: Drama, Thriller, Science fiction
Starring: Tom Sizemore, Christopher Judge, Donny Boaz

Tagline: Two Worlds... One Love
Overview: John Rotit is a happy, content man with a loving wife. Hours later, he's a rock star shooting up heroin. And after that...he's something far more sinister. John unwillingly flashes between three parallel lives in which he knowingly exists in each. He has no clue how or why this phenomenon is occurring, only that he wants it to stop. John's judgment becomes clouded as he'll do anything he can to end his flashes and remain in the one life where he's truly happy.

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Directed by: Amir Valinia
Genres: Drama, Thriller, Science fiction
Starring: Tom Sizemore, Christopher Judge, Donny Boaz

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
obsession
love
madness
rebellion
Places: big city
home
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Horror	3
Humour	2
Realism	4
Romance	5
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama, thriller, science fiction
Directed by: Amir Valinia
Written by: Andrew M. Henderson
Starring: Tom Sizemore, Christopher Judge, Donny Boaz, Elle LaMont, AnnMarie Giaquinto, Deke Anderson, Johnny Walter, Dimitrius Pulido
Cinematography: Barry Strickland
Runtime: 101 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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