Films like The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun.

The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun (1983) reads as Sombre, steady, measured czech / drama, 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.

Flights in Dreams and Reality (1982) poster
1. Flights in Dreams and Reality1982

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

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987) poster
2. Sammy and Rosie Get Laid1987

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

Write and Fight (1985) poster
3. Write and Fight1985

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Big Eyes (1974) poster
4. Big Eyes1974

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

Lola (1981) poster
5. Lola1981

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

Calamity (1981) poster
6. Calamity1981

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Ecce Bombo (1978) poster
7. Ecce Bombo1978

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

Bianca (1984) poster
8. Bianca1984

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

High Heels (1991) poster
9. High Heels1991

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

Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982) poster
10. Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean1982

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

Avanti Popolo (1986) poster
11. Avanti Popolo1986

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

Buffalo Bill and the Indians (1976) poster
12. Buffalo Bill and the Indians1976

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

These are The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun’s neighbours — where are yours?

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