Movie

Without Getting Killed or Caught

2021 · 95 min

A wistful, song-soaked portrait of friendship and self-destruction that lingers like a slow ballad, tender and quietly sad.

Tagline: Townes is her soul. Guy is her heart.
Overview: Follow Guy Clark, Susanna Clark, and Townes Van Zandt as they rise from obscurity to reverence: Guy, the Pancho to Van Zandt’s Lefty, struggling to establish himself as the Dylan Thomas of American music, while Susanna pens hit songs and paints album covers for top artists, and Townes spirals in self-destruction after writing some of Americana music’s most enduring and influential ballads.
How it feels: Melancholic, warm, earnest and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Music, friendship, love, addiction
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: music
friendship
love
addiction
art
Places: None
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild