The Centaurs
- heavy
- intense
Heavy, kinetic, measured drama / political, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
How every film is hand-scored →A female centaur enters a clearing in the woods and picks flowers. She is met by a male centaur and the two romance each other. They then seek parental consent for their union. Surviving footage of a now lost film.
Our read · The Centaurs (1978) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded drama · political · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
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The shape of The Centaurs
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