Movie

It Couldn't Happen Here

1988 · 86 min

A dreamlike, disjointed drift through strange English vignettes, more mood collage than story, with pop songs as its only anchor.

Overview: Pet Shop Boys Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant embark upon a journey across England - but which England? Is it the half-remembered England of their childhoods, or the brutal reality of Mrs Thatcher's late-eighties England? Along the way they come across many familiar (and sinister) faces. The movie also features some of the Pet Shop Boys' most popular records.
How it feels: Absurd, eerie, satirical and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Identity, memory, isolation, politics
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 3 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 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: identity
memory
isolation
politics
madness
Places: countryside
big city
road trip
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
musical
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild