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The State of Things

1982 · 121 min

A slow, reflective wander through filmmaking limbo, drifting between idle waiting and quiet existential searching.

Tagline: They didn't want to kill him. They just wanted a story.
Overview: On location in Portugal, a film crew runs out of film while making their own version of Roger Corman's The Day the World Ended (1956). The producer is nowhere to be found and director Munro attempts to find him in hopes of being able to finish the film.

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: art
isolation
obsession
identity
work
Places: countryside
big city
road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	4
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Wim Wenders
Written by: Josh Wallace, Robert Kramer, Wim Wenders
Starring: Isabelle Weingarten, Rebecca Pauly, Jeffrey Kime, Geoffrey Carey, Camila Mora-Scheihing, Alexandra Auder, Patrick Bauchau, Paul Getty Jr.
Music: Jürgen Knieper
Cinematography: Henri Alekan, Fred Murphy
Runtime: 121 min
Country: Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America, Portugal, France, Spain, Netherlands
Languages: French, Portuguese, English

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