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That Cold Day in the Park
Why this pick
Like David and Lisa, it observes fragile loneliness and unconventional attachment with a patient, intimate 1960s sensibility, allowing discomfort and tenderness to coexist.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1962 1h 35m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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David and Lisa
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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
Keep the feeling.
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Lilith
Why this pick
A psychologically vulnerable young man enters an institution and forms an intense bond; its subjective, uneasy romanticism closely suits David and Lisa’s compassionate instability.
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The Other Side of the Underneath
Why this pick
Its bold subjective form takes emotional distress seriously rather than clinically, making it a more experimental companion to David and Lisa’s immersion in troubled inner lives.
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King of Hearts
Why this pick
Its humane, gently surreal view of people confined by society echoes David and Lisa’s refusal to reduce mental difference to spectacle, while adding lyrical warmth.
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A Child Is Waiting
Why this pick
A similarly earnest early-1960s drama set around an institution, focused on caregivers, families, and the dignity of young people too often misunderstood.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Teenager David Clemens develops a hysterical fear that he will die if he comes into physical contact with another person. Perturbed, David's overbearing mother places him in a home for mentally disturbed young people.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Clifton James
John
Richard McMurray
Mr. Stewart Clemens
Keir Dullea
David Clemens
Janet Margolin
Lisa Brandt
Howard Da Silva
Dr. Swinford
Neva Patterson
Mrs. Clemens
Jaime Sánchez
Carlos
Karen Lynn Gorney
Josette