1962 · drama · romance
Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
Directed by Blake Edwards1h 57m1962
An alcoholic falls in love with and gets married to a young woman, whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together.
Our read: Days of Wine and Roses (1962) (1962) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded drama · romance entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- intense
- bleak
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