1980 · roeg · drama · psychological
Bad Timing
Directed by Nicolas Roeg2h 3m1980
Alex Linden is a psychiatrist living in Vienna who meets Milena Flaherty though a mutual friend. Though Alex is quite a bit older than Milena, he's attracted to her young, carefree spirit. Despite the fact that Milena is already married, their friendship quickly turns into a deeply passionate love affair that threatens to overtake them both. When Milena ends up in the hospital from an overdose, Alex is taken into custody by Inspector Netusil.
Our read: Bad Timing (1980) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive roeg · drama · psychological entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, steady, extreme roeg / drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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