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The End of Violence

1997 · 121 min

A slow, brooding meditation on paranoia and surveillance, more mood than plot, with a detached, dreamlike unease.

Directed by: Wim Wenders
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Starring: Bill Pullman, Andie MacDowell, Gabriel Byrne

Tagline: Nothing Lasts Forever.
Overview: In Hollywood, the lives of a successful film producer, his wife, a police detective and a surveillance agent intersect after a botched abduction.

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Directed by: Wim Wenders
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Starring: Bill Pullman, Andie MacDowell, Gabriel Byrne

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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 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: parenthood
isolation
obsession
technology
violence
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	2
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	3
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	6

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