Bug (2006)
- Directed by
- William Friedkin
- Genre
- drama film, horror film, psychological thriller, psychological horror fiction, thriller film
- Country
- Germany, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.1 of 10 from 624 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A woman living alone in a run-down Oklahoma motel takes in a troubled Gulf War veteran. The two become consumed by a paranoid delusion involving invisible bugs and government surveillance.
claustrophobictensedarkparanoidunsettlingslow-burnintimatepsychologically intense
What happens
Bug is a 2006 psychological horror film directed by William Friedkin and written by Tracy Letts, and starring Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon, Lynn Collins, Brían F. O'Byrne, and Harry Connick Jr. Letts adapted the screenplay from his 1996 play of the same name. It follows an isolated woman living in a rural Oklahoma motel who spirals into psychosis after taking in a mysterious Gulf War veteran. Bug debuted at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival before being purchased by Lionsgate, which released the film the following year in May 2007. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its intensity, directing, acting, and take on paranoia, but were polarized about its writing, in particular the film's ending. Friedkin and Letts collaborated again as director and writer on the 2011 film Killer Joe. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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