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The Fly

1986 · Horror · David Cronenberg · 1h 32m

A scientist who has built a working teleportation booth tests it on himself with a fly in the chamber. Mostly two people in a loft, and it gets very physical.

  • Strongly heavy
  • Clearly fantastic
  • Clearly intimate
  • Clearly character-driven

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    • Clearly fantastic
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  • Under the Shadow

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    A mother and daughter stay in their Tehran block during the Iran-Iraq war while the other tenants leave, and something arrives with a missile. Small, tense and political.

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    Describe: Under the Shadow

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  • Black Swan

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    A ballerina gets the lead in Swan Lake and has to find a wildness in herself that her mother and her training removed. It stays very close to her as the pressure builds.

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    • Clearly intimate

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    Describe: Black Swan

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