Movie

The Last Time I Committed Suicide

1997 · 94 min

A restless, melancholy drift through a young man's memories, mixing tenderness and self-destruction in a way that feels both intimate and elusive.

Tagline: Life is what happens when you're busy making plans.
Overview: Neal Cassady is living the beat life during the 1940s, working at The Tire Yard and philandering around town. However, he has visions of a happy life with kids and a white picket fence. When his girlfried, Joan, tries to kill herself he gets scared and runs away. But when Joan reappears will he take the chance at that happiness, or will he turn his back on it?
How it feels: Melancholic, tense, dark and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Identity, love, isolation, freedom
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 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: identity
love
isolation
freedom
guilt
Places: small town
workplace
hospital
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild