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Films like Fighting Elegy.

Fighting Elegy (1966) reads as Neutral, breathless, measured comedy / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, 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.

The Age of Assassins (1967) poster
1. The Age of Assassins1967

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Kill! (1968) poster
2. Kill!1968

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me (1972) poster
3. Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me1972

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Plácido (1961) poster
4. Plácido1961

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A Very Curious Girl (1969) poster
5. A Very Curious Girl1969

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

For Love and Gold (1966) poster
6. For Love and Gold1966

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a heightened unreality.

The Toth Family (1969) poster
7. The Toth Family1969

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Xica da Silva (1976) poster
8. Xica da Silva1976

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

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

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Swept Away (1974) poster
10. Swept Away1974

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Hunting Flies (1969) poster
11. Hunting Flies1969

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Hoodlum Soldier (1965) poster
12. Hoodlum Soldier1965

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

These are Fighting Elegy’s neighbours — where are yours?

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