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Fool for Love

1985 · 106 min

Claustrophobic and volatile, like watching a slow-motion car crash of tangled desire and family secrets in a dusty motel.

Directed by: Robert Altman
Genres: Drama
Starring: Sam Shepard, Kim Basinger, Harry Dean Stanton

Tagline: Desire beyond the edge of passion.
Overview: A woman is waiting in a motel for her boyfriend, when an old flame turns up and tries to take her back to the life she is trying to leave behind.

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Directed by: Robert Altman
Genres: Drama
Starring: Sam Shepard, Kim Basinger, Harry Dean Stanton

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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
family
betrayal
guilt
identity
Places: single country house
road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	6
Tension	7
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Robert Altman
Written by: Sam Shepard
Starring: Sam Shepard, Kim Basinger, Harry Dean Stanton, Randy Quaid, Martha Crawford, Louise Egolf, Sura Cox, Jonathan Skinner
Music: George Burt
Cinematography: Pierre Mignot
Runtime: 106 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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