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Barfly
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Downtrodden writer Henry and distressed goddess Wanda aren't exactly husband and wife: they're wedded to their bar stools. But, they like each other's company—and Barfly captures their giddy, gin-soaked attempts to make a go of life on the skids.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who appreciate rough-edged romantic dramedies about self-destructive outsiders, vulgar camaraderie, and finding tenderness amid squalor.
- Tone
- darkly comic, bleak, romantic
- Payoff
- amusement, reflection
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- alcoholism, alienation, artistic identity, poverty, companionship
- Setting
- late twentieth-century, down-and-out urban bars and rented rooms
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