Films like A Very Curious Girl.

A Very Curious Girl (1969) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured comedy / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) poster
1. Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice1969

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Landlord (1970) poster
2. The Landlord1970

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Mecánica Nacional (1972) poster
3. Mecánica Nacional1972

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

My Name Is Nobody (1973) (1973) poster
4. My Name Is Nobody1973

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Going Places (1974) poster
5. Going Places1974

Keeps the heightened unreality and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

M*A*S*H (1970) poster
6. M*A*S*H1970

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Peeping Toms (1972) poster
7. Peeping Toms1972

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Hunting Flies (1969) poster
8. Hunting Flies1969

Keeps the heightened unreality and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Kill! (1968) poster
9. Kill!1968

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Murmur of the Heart (1971) poster
10. Murmur of the Heart1971

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Fighting Elegy (1966) poster
11. Fighting Elegy1966

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Garage (1979) poster
12. Garage1979

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are A Very Curious Girl’s neighbours — where are yours?

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