2004 · drama · biography
The Aviator (2004)
Directed by Martin Scorsese2h 50m2004
A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Our read: The Aviator (2004) (2004) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · biography entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / biography, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- intense
- twisty
- signature
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