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Nowhere

1997 · 83 min

A lurid, chaotic day among beautiful doomed teens, mixing deadpan absurdity with sudden violence and surreal horror.

Directed by: Gregg Araki
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Science fiction
Starring: James Duval, Rachel True, Nathan Bexton

Tagline: Let the love feast begin.
Overview: In Los Angeles, a colorful assortment of bohemians try to make sense of their intersecting lives. The moody Dark Smith, his bisexual girlfriend, her lesbian lover and their shy gay friend plan on attending the wildest party of the year. But they'll only make it if they can survive the drug trips, suicides, trysts, mutilations and alien abductions that occur as one surreal day unfolds.

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Directed by: Gregg Araki
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Science fiction
Starring: James Duval, Rachel True, Nathan Bexton

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 3 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
sexuality
isolation
death
coming-of-age
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong

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Action	3
Horror	6
Humour	6
Realism	3
Romance	4
Tension	6
Darkness	8
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: comedy, drama, science fiction
Directed by: Gregg Araki
Written by: Gregg Araki
Starring: James Duval, Rachel True, Nathan Bexton, Chiara Mastroianni, Debi Mazar, Kathleen Robertson, Joshua Gibran Mayweather, Jordan Ladd
Cinematography: Arturo Smith
Runtime: 83 min
Country: United States of America, France
Languages: English, Icelandic

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