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Stanley, a Man of Variety

2016 · 84 min

A claustrophobic, surreal character piece that blurs reality and hallucination, anchored by a tour-de-force performance.

Overview: A man who has been stuck in prison for far too long starts to see hallucinations.
How it feels: Dark, absurd, satirical and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Isolation, madness, identity, memory
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
madness
identity
memory
freedom
Places: prison
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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