Love and Anger

Love and Anger

Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, Marco Bellocchio, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Carlo Lizzani, Jean-Luc Godard

Produced by Ital-Noleggio Cinematografico, Castoro Film

1969102 min5.3 / 10

An experimental, fragmented meditation on urban indifference, mortality, and political consciousness that uses avant-garde theatrical techniques to interrogate meaning and complicity.

Five short stories with contemporary settings. In New York, people are indifferent to derelicts sleeping on sidewalks, to a woman's assault in front of an apartment building, and to a couple injured in a car crash. A man, stripped of his identity, dies in bed with actors expressing his agony. A cheerful, innocent young man walking a city street in a time of war pays a price for this innocence. A couple talks about cinema while it watches another couple talk of love and truth on the eve of one character's return to Cuba. Striking students take over a university classroom; an argument follows about revolution or incremental change.

Questions people ask

  • Is Love and Anger sad? Yes, very. More sad than 91% of films.

  • Is Love and Anger easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.

  • Does Love and Anger end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is Love and Anger scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of films.

  • Is Love and Anger violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity82

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Surprise5

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Love5

How much audiences actually like it

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