The Connection

The Connection

Men Held Captive By the Power Of Drugs

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Release Date

2/15/1962

Runtime

110 mins

Genres

Overview

A title card announces that the film is a result of found footage assembled by cameraman J.J. Burden working for the acclaimed documentary filmmaker Jim Dunn, who has disappeared. Leach, a heroin addict, introduces the audience to his apartment where other heroin addicts, a mix of current and former jazz musicians, are waiting for Cowboy, their drug connection, to appear. Things go out of control as the men grow increasingly nervous and the cameraman keeps recording.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$167

Revenue

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A claustrophobic descent into the waiting, desperation, and fracturing nerves of addicts trapped in a loft, presented through the disorienting lens of a found-footage pseudo-documentary that collapses the boundary between observation and complicity.

Mood

UnsettlingParanoidTenseBleak

Themes

AddictionIsolationSurvival

Tone

Matter-of-fact

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

Documentary-likeHandheld

Structure

Single location

Heads up

Addiction

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