1977 · drama · thriller
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Directed by Richard Brooks2h 16m1977
A short, unhappy affair with a married man leads a dedicated schoolteacher into the alcohol-and-drug fueled underworld of singles’ bars, where she begins to engage in a pattern of dangerous sexual activity.
Our read: Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded drama · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, steady, extreme drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- extreme
- bleak
- intimate
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