Movie

Playland

2023 · 72 min

A hypnotic, fragmented night out that feels like a dreamy, defiant séance for a lost queer haunt.

Overview: Playland is a boundary-pushing, transdisciplinary, hybrid film centered around the raucous activity of a time-bending night in Boston's oldest and most notorious gay bar, the Playland Café.
How it feels: Eerie, melancholic, campy and whimsical. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Identity, memory, sexuality, isolation
Content: Strong sexual content and language. Mild violence. No gore.
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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 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: identity
memory
sexuality
isolation
art
Places: big city
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex strong