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Last Days

2005 · 97 min

A slow, quiet immersion into loneliness and drift, like watching someone fade away in real time.

Tagline
This one changed me life, man
Overview
The life and struggles of a notorious rock musician seeping into a pit of loneliness whose everyday life involves friends and family seeking financial aid and favors, inspired by rock music legend Kurt Cobain and his final hours.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 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
  • addiction
  • death
  • grief
  • identity
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness9
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Gus Van Sant
Written by
Gus Van Sant
Starring
Michael Pitt, Lukas Haas, Asia Argento, Scott Patrick Green, Nicole Vicius, Ricky Jay, Ryan Orion, Harmony Korine
Music
Rodrigo Lopresti
Cinematography
Harris Savides
Runtime
97 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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