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Bodies, Rest & Motion

1993 · 95 min

A quiet, sun-bleached drift through restless young lives, all low talk and long desert roads, leaving a lingering ache.

Genres
Drama, Romance
Tagline
Nick is leaving. Beth is staying. Carol is waiting. Sid is painting.
Overview
Rebelling against his dreary life in a small Arizona town, salesman Nick abandons his girlfriend, Beth, and strikes out onto the highway in search of... something else. Encouraged by her best friend, Carol, Beth reluctantly accepts the romantic attentions of Sid, a local housepainter.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 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
  • love
  • identity
  • isolation
  • friendship
  • freedom
Places
  • small town
  • road trip
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Michael Steinberg
Written by
Roger Hedden
Starring
Phoebe Cates, Bridget Fonda, Tim Roth, Eric Stoltz, Alicia Witt, Sandra Ellis Lafferty, Peter Fonda
Music
Michael Convertino
Cinematography
Bernd Heinl
Runtime
95 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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