Films like Conspirators of Pleasure.

Conspirators of Pleasure (1996) reads as Sombre, measured, measured comedy / animation, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

8½ Women (1999) poster
1. 8½ Women1999

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Nowhere (Gregg Araki) (1997) poster
2. Nowhere (Gregg Araki)1997

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Saddest Music in the World (2003) poster
3. The Saddest Music in the World2003

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a chilly detachment.

Tales from the Gimli Hospital (1988) poster
4. Tales from the Gimli Hospital1988

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a documentary-plain realism.

Little Otik (2000) poster
5. Little Otik2000

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Pistol Opera (2001) poster
6. Pistol Opera2001

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Cannibals (1988) poster
7. The Cannibals1988

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Holy Motors (2012) poster
8. Holy Motors2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

In Fabric (2018) poster
9. In Fabric2018

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Cemetery Man (1994) poster
10. Cemetery Man1994

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Last Days of Emma Blank (2009) poster
11. The Last Days of Emma Blank2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Excitement of the Do-Re-Mi-Fa Girl (1985) poster
12. The Excitement of the Do-Re-Mi-Fa Girl1985

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

These are Conspirators of Pleasure’s neighbours — where are yours?

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