Movie

Frozen

1996 · 99 min

A slow, chilly plunge into artistic obsession and despair, watching a man turn his own death into a spectacle.

Overview: A young performance artist decides to make his own suicide his last work of art. On the longest day of the year, he plans to melt a huge block of ice with his own body heat and die of hypothermia. He calls this protest against the coldness of society "Funeral on Ice." Based on a true story.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, tense and satirical. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Obsession, art, death, isolation
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 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: obsession
art
death
isolation
rebellion
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild