Movie

The Blackout

1997 · 98 min

A hazy, unsettling descent into a man's fractured memory, where glamour and addiction blur into a slow, uneasy search for truth.

Tagline: The darkest secrets are the ones we hide from ourselves
Overview: A debauched Hollywood movie actor tries to piece together one wild night in Miami years earlier which remains a drug-induced blur, and soon finds out that some questions about his past are best left unanswered.
How it feels: Dark, melancholic, tense and eerie. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Memory, identity, addiction, obsession
Content: Strong sexual content and language. Mild violence. No gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 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: memory
identity
addiction
obsession
guilt
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore none
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex strong