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Under the Silver Lake

2018 · 139 min

A dreamy, paranoid neo-noir that feels like wandering a sun-bleached labyrinth of hidden codes and strange encounters.

Directed by
David Robert Mitchell
Genres
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Starring
Andrew Garfield, Riley Keough, Topher Grace
Tagline
What are they hiding?
Overview
Young and disenchanted Sam meets a mysterious and beautiful woman who's swimming in his building's pool one night. When she suddenly vanishes the next morning, Sam embarks on a surreal quest across Los Angeles to decode the secret behind her disappearance, leading him into the murkiest depths of mystery, scandal and conspiracy.

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Directed by
David Robert Mitchell
Genres
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Starring
Andrew Garfield, Riley Keough, Topher Grace
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 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
  • obsession
  • conspiracy
  • mystery
  • identity
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror4
Humour6
Realism6
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity8
Emotional weight5

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Genres
crime, drama, mystery
Directed by
David Robert Mitchell
Written by
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Starring
Andrew Garfield, Riley Keough, Topher Grace, Callie Hernandez, Don McManus, Jeremy Bobb, Riki Lindhome, Patrick Fischler
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
139 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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