Films like Bob and David — placeholder.

Bob and David — placeholder (1995) reads as Warm, breathless, gentle comedy, surreal 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.

Forgotten Silver (1995) poster
1. Forgotten Silver1995

Keeps the running vein of humour and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Labyrinth of Passion (1982) poster
2. Labyrinth of Passion1982

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989) poster
3. Leningrad Cowboys Go America1989

Keeps the running vein of humour and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

History of the World, Part I (1981) poster
4. History of the World, Part I1981

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bo Burnham: What. (2013) poster
5. Bo Burnham: What.2013

Keeps the running vein of humour and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Raising Arizona (1987) poster
6. Raising Arizona1987

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a stubborn streak of hope.

High Anxiety (1977) (1977) poster
7. High Anxiety1977

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

And Now for Something Completely Different (1971) poster
8. And Now for Something Completely Different1971

Keeps the running vein of humour and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Zoolander (2001) poster
9. Zoolander2001

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Flirting with Disaster (1996) poster
10. Flirting with Disaster1996

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a strange, dreamlike logic.

Repo Man (1984) poster
11. Repo Man1984

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Step Brothers (2008) (2008) poster
12. Step Brothers2008

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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