Sun Don't Shine
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- bleak
- cold
- intimate
Heavy, measured, measured thriller / drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
How every film is hand-scored →Crystal and her boyfriend Leo embark on a tense and mysterious road trip through the desolate yet hauntingly beautiful landscape of central Florida.
Our read · Sun Don't Shine (2012) reads as a heavy, measured, inventive thriller · drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
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The shape of Sun Don't Shine
What watching it is actually like.
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The reading.
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