La Jetée
Taste attributes: romancescience fictiondramafresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricatesurrealemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipfish out of water/culture clashhuman spirit/resilience/survivallove conquers allsocial commentaryunderdog triumphs
"A man’s obsession with an image of his past."
Boxlist takeAn otherworldly, emotional sci-fi film: weighty and surreal. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: surreal · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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What lines up
- Pace: Balanced pace, just how this profile likes it
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
- Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
- Linearity: Surreal / non-linear, where this profile leans linear / logical
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Synopsis
A man is sent back and forth and in and out of time in an experiment that attempts to unravel the fate and the solution to the problems of a post-apocalyptic world during the aftermath of WW3. The experiment results in him getting caught up in a perpetual reminiscence of past events that are recreated on an airport’s viewing pier.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Details
- Genre
- Romance
- Year
- 1962
- Runtime
- 28 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Argos Films
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
