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Death of a Salesman

1985 · 136 min

A slow, suffocating plunge into a man's crumbling mind, watching his family fracture under the weight of delusion and regret.

Tagline
Its passion cannot be overstated. Its power must not be overlooked.
Overview
Willy Loman, an aging, failing salesman, struggles to accept reality and his failure to achieve the American Dream.

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • family
  • identity
  • grief
  • betrayal
  • ambition
Places
  • home
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight10

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Details

Genres
drama, tv movie
Directed by
Volker Schlöndorff
Written by
Arthur Miller
Starring
Dustin Hoffman, Kate Reid, John Malkovich, Stephen Lang, Charles Durning, Louis Zorich, David Chandler, Jon Polito
Music
Alex North
Cinematography
Michael Ballhaus
Runtime
136 min
Country
Germany, United States of America
Languages
English

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