Bad Timing

Bad Timing

His terrifying obsession took them to the brink of death and beyond.

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Release Date

3/2/1980

Runtime

123 mins

Overview

Alex Linden is a psychiatrist living in Vienna who meets Milena Flaherty though a mutual friend. Though Alex is quite a bit older than Milena, he's attracted to her young, carefree spirit. Despite the fact that Milena is already married, their friendship quickly turns into a deeply passionate love affair that threatens to overtake them both. When Milena ends up in the hospital from an overdose, Alex is taken into custody by Inspector Netusil.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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A dark, psychologically unspooling portrait of two people consumed by destructive passion in Vienna's elegant but suffocating atmosphere. Roeg's film lingers on the texture of desire and shame, building toward tragedy with clinical precision.

Mood

Dread-soakedMelancholicTense

Themes

ObsessionLoveBetrayalMortality

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

FormalistPainterlyHigh-contrast

Structure

Nonlinear

Heads up

Sexual contentSuicide and self-harmAddiction

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