Kill Your Darlings
Movie • 2013 • Drama
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A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.
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*spoilers* The whole premise is that David is stalking Lucien around the country. It's not portrayed in a traditional sense and it's relatively subtle (ie: just no traditional stalking tropes) but Lucien's mother does clarify that David has been stalking Lucien
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All of the men in the new vision group use drugs so they can write better. It’s seen pretty often and in the beginning of the film.
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Roughly one hour into the movie, someone puts one of the character's cat in the oven. However, the cat is discovered and survives.
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A cat is put into the oven (at 1:03:00), however, it is quickly discovered and the cat survives.
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One of the main characters in a sexually abusive relationship.
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Is there pedophilia?
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a character gets tied up.
another character gets arrested by the police and held by their arms, but manages to break free.
another character gets arrested by the police and held by their arms, but manages to break free.
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Not 'exessive' as such, but a character gets stabbed multiple times and is shown to be bleeding a lot.
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A character is stabbed multiple times
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Two characters hang themselves but fall to the floor before they die
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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Roughly 27 minutes in two characters cut the palms of their hands and unite their blood.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Two characters accidentally almost die by hanging themselves at the beginning, and at the end a chacter tries to commit s*icide by hanging himself in his cell.
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two attempted hanging scenes where characters are struggling to breathe
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Does someone die?
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one character is killed on screen.
another character receives news that their friend, who's never shown on screen, died at war.
another character receives news that their friend, who's never shown on screen, died at war.
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It’s kinda ambiguous whenever drugs are used so it’s possible but it’s never shown
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A pocket knife is used as a plot point
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Is there a shower scene?
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solo shower scene, nothing sexual
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55-58 minutes in after Jack v*s when he gets out of the barrel, its pretty obvious its going to happen and is far away in the scene
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It is set during WWII in America
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I don’t think it was a mental institution. I do clearly remember a jail scene though
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Closeup of needle being inserted in someone’s wrist area, cut between a few other scenes in a b-roll type of thing.
It’s towards the ending right around the time Allen picks up that guy from the bar.
It’s towards the ending right around the time Allen picks up that guy from the bar.
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There is an attempted suicide and another instance is mentioned
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A previous attempt is described, and at the end of the movie (1h30 in) another unsuccessful attempt is shown onscreen
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A character takes a pocket knife and cuts his palm. It’s a hallucination but it’s still shown on screen
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Lucien has PTSD from what happened in Chicago.
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Gay men are not portrayed in a very good light during this time and some of the following are used to describe them: pe*vert, fairy, fruit, q***r
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The period typical stigma around queer people is expressed several times, but no characters are stereotypical or misrepresented per se.
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There is no Jewish hate speech per se but the main character is Jewish and there are a couple unnecessary comments and one specifically about circumcision
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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Are there nude scenes?
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Two characters have sex on screen
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Edie makes a comment about being used for sex after Jack told her to shut up and refused to marry her.
Two characters share a kiss followed by one of them pretending it didn't happen.
Two characters share a kiss followed by one of them pretending it didn't happen.
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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a virgin character receives an oral job. this same character later has sex — it's not specified, but likely that it's this character's first time.
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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The main character's mom has a long-term mental health illness
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Violence
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