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Paranoid Park

2007 · 85 min

A quiet, drifting plunge into a teenager's guilty conscience, told in fragments that feel like half-remembered moments.

Directed by
Gus Van Sant
Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Gabe Nevins, Dan Liu, Jake Miller
Tagline
Could you hide a deadly secret?
Overview
A teenage skateboarder becomes suspected of being connected with a security guard who suffered a brutal death in a skate park called "Paranoid Park".

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Directed by
Gus Van Sant
Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Gabe Nevins, Dan Liu, Jake Miller
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • guilt
  • coming-of-age
  • trauma
  • isolation
  • memory
Places
  • big city
  • suburbs
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour1
Realism8
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, crime
Directed by
Gus Van Sant
Written by
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Starring
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Cinematography
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Runtime
85 min
Country
United States of America, France
Languages
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