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Actors: Art Garfunkel, Theresa Russell, Harvey Keitel, Denholm Elliott
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Bad Timing |
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BAD TIMING is an English movie directed by Nicolas Roeg in 1980.
The setting is Vienna, Austria. The film tries to explain, with a serie of flashbacks, why Milena Flaherty has been brought to the city hospital in an advanced coma after a suicide attempt. A few months ago, she left her Czech husband and came to the Austrian capital city. There, she met Dr. Alex Linden, an american psychiatrist. They start a love affair. After a few weeks, Linden begins not to appreciate so well Milena's peculiar way of life. She continues to see her precedent boyfriends and doesn't want to talk about them. Linden becomes more and more jealous and uses all his psychological skill to make Milena feel guilty. Soon, the young woman doesn't know anymore how to handle this love relation and starts to drink too much. After a violet quarrel, she swallows a box of sleeping pills and calls Linden for help.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Bad Timing |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- love triangle/polygon
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Battle with shrink/bum?
- battle with a psychiatrist
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- doctor
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- red
Hair type
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- (man) average
Unclothed?
- Chest and Buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Unclothed?
- full frontal
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) long girliemon hair
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- German
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Eastern Europe
- Austria
Desert?
Yes
City?
Yes
Misc setting
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- actual description of sex
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- seeing nude male butt
- seeing full frontal--women
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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