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Films like Hunting Flies.

Hunting Flies (1969) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured comedy / satire, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured. 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.

Mecánica Nacional (1972) poster
1. Mecánica Nacional1972

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Peeping Toms (1972) poster
2. Peeping Toms1972

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Return of an Adventurer (1966) poster
3. The Return of an Adventurer1966

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Little Apartment (1959) poster
4. The Little Apartment1959

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

China Is Near (1967) poster
5. China Is Near1967

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Seduction of Mimi (1972) poster
6. The Seduction of Mimi1972

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Graduate (1967) poster
7. The Graduate1967

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

FVVA: Femme, voiture, villa, argent (1972) poster
8. FVVA: Femme, voiture, villa, argent1972

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Whistling Cobblestone (1971) poster
9. The Whistling Cobblestone1971

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me (1972) poster
10. Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me1972

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Seduced and Abandoned (1964) poster
11. Seduced and Abandoned1964

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The End of a Priest (1969) poster
12. The End of a Priest1969

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

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