Bright Lights, Big City

Bright Lights, Big City

It's 6.00 am. Do you know where you are?

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Release Date

4/1/1988

Runtime

107 mins

Overview

A disillusioned young writer living in New York City turns to drugs and drinking to block out the memories of his dead mother and estranged wife.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$25,000,000

Revenue

$16,118,077

Homepage

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A dizzying descent through the neon-soaked nightlife of 1980s Manhattan, where moments of exhilaration and glamour are undercut by the hollow ache of loss and self-destruction. It's an intimate portrait of someone spiraling, told with the disorienting energy of the spiral itself.

Mood

MelancholicBittersweetEuphoricClaustrophobic

Themes

GriefAddictionAmbitionIdentity

Tone

Ironic

Pacing

Brisk

Look

Neon-drenchedHandheldStylized genre

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Addiction

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