Fearless (1993) poster
1993 · drama · psychological · indie

Fearless

Directed by Peter Weir2h 2m1993
ElsewhereIMDb7.026kRT86%TMDB6.9343
  • sombre
  • intense
Movie DNA

Sombre, steady, extreme drama / psychological, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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After surviving a plane crash that kills many others, Max Klein develops a sense of invulnerability, leading to radical, compulsive actions. Can a psychologist and a fellow guilt-ridden survivor bring him down to earth?

Our read · Fearless (1993) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive drama · psychological · indie entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook. 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 plane-crash survivor testing invulnerability until grief finally grounds him.

ends warmit stays with youa slow buildgrips by minute 10attention 4/5earns its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upchild perilgraphic violence

Skip it tonightSkip if disaster trauma and rooftop daredevil moods will hit too close tonight.

DNA · twelve axes

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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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