To Sleep with Anger (1990) poster
1990 · drama

To Sleep with Anger

Directed by Charles Burnett1h 42m1990
ElsewhereIMDb7.23kRT93%TMDB6.864
  • sombre
  • measured
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Sombre, measured, measured drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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An enigmatic drifter from the South comes to visit an old acquaintance who now lives in South-Central LA.

Our read · To Sleep with Anger (1990) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want a moody, quietly unsettling family drama with a charismatic drifter.

ends bittersweetit stays with youa slow buildgrips by minute 14attention 4/5earns its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightSkip if you need fast plot or overt scares instead of slow unease.

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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