Movie

Epidemic

1987 · 106 min

A slow, unsettling plunge into creative obsession where fiction and reality blur, leaving a lingering sense of dread.

Overview: A filmmaker and a writer collaborate on a screenplay, in which an epidemic spreads about the whole world. Like the protagonist, they do not notice, that a real epidemic is developing around them.
How it feels: Eerie, dark, absurd and cynical. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Art, obsession, death, isolation
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 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: art
obsession
death
isolation
madness
Places: big city
countryside
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild