Movie

The Singer Not the Song

1961 · 132 min

A slow-burning, self-serious Western drama with an intense, mannered central performance that often tips into unintended camp.

Tagline: A New and Powerfully Different Kind of Motion Picture Story...
Overview: A Roman Catholic priest defies a Mexican bandit whose gang kills villagers in alphabetical order.
How it feels: Dark, tense, campy and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Faith, power, obsession, violence
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: faith
power
obsession
violence
identity
Places: small town
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild