1979 · altman · post-apocalyptic · ice-age
Quintet
Directed by Robert Altman1h 58m1979
During a future ice age, dying humanity occupies its remaining time by playing a board game called Quintet. For one small group, this obsession is not enough. They play the game with living pieces, and only the winner survives.
Our read: Quintet (1979) reads as a heavy, slow-burn, inventive altman · post-apocalyptic · ice-age entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, slow-burn, measured altman / post-apocalyptic, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- slow-burn
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
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