Welcome to New York (2014) poster
2014 · drama

Welcome to New York

Directed by Abel Ferrara2h 5m2014
ElsewhereIMDb5.64kRT77%Metacritic71
  • heavy
  • measured
  • intense
  • bleak
  • cold
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Heavy, measured, measured drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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Mr. Devereaux is a powerful man. A man who handles billions of dollars every day. A man who controls the economic fate of nations. A man driven by a frenzied and unbridled sexual hunger. A man who dreamed of saving the world and who cannot save himself. A terrified man. A lost man.

Our read · Welcome to New York (2014) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic 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 an unflinching explicit study of power sex addiction and entitlement.

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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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