Fingers (1978) poster
1978 · crime · drama

Fingers

Directed by James Toback1h 30m1978
ElsewhereIMDb6.73kRT85%TMDB6.465
  • sombre
  • brisk
  • intense
  • bleak
  • cold
Movie DNA

Sombre, kinetic, extreme crime / drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.

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A wanna-be concert pianist spends his days making a living by collecting debts for his Mafioso father, a lifestyle that could eventually ruin his dreams of a musical career.

Our read · Fingers (1978) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive crime · drama entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.

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You want a raw 70s New York crime drama with a pianist debt collector losing control.

ends unsettlingit leaves you shakensteady all the waygrips by minute 8attention 4/5earns its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upexplicit sexsexual violencegraphic violencegoredrug usenudity

Skip it tonightSkip if brutal violence, attempted rape and sleazy sex will leave you uncomfortable.

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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