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Films like Wake Up.

Wake Up (1967) reads as Neutral, measured, measured documentary / latvian, 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.

The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (1974) poster
1. The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner1974

Keeps the heightened unreality and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Old Man (1972) poster
2. Old Man1972

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Fiancés (1963) poster
3. The Fiancés1963

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Asya's Happiness (1967) poster
4. Asya's Happiness1967

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

Love (1971) poster
5. Love1971

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

The Wedding Suit (1976) poster
6. The Wedding Suit1976

Keeps the heightened unreality and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Ten Minutes Older (1978) poster
7. Ten Minutes Older1978

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

Railway Station (1980) poster
8. Railway Station1980

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

And There Came a Man (1965) poster
9. And There Came a Man1965

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Runner (1984) poster
10. The Runner1984

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

First Love (1974) poster
11. First Love1974

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

Pictures of the Old World (1972) poster
12. Pictures of the Old World1972

Keeps the heightened unreality and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

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