If you loved The Mean Season, try Cruising
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the paranoid mood tag, and they sit in Mystery / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Mean Season, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Cruising is
West Village. Night fog. Leather on wet asphalt. A body discovered near the piers. Then another. An undercover cop descends into a world of hidden codes and mirrored darkness to stop the slayings. Friedkin's most notorious film is still potent as social nightmare.
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