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The City Dark
“A search for night on a planet that never sleeps”
75%
Movie
1h 24m
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The City Dark (2012) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The City Dark (2012) — a movie tagged as Documentary with balanced tone moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: When filmmaker Ian Cheney moves to New York City and discovers skies almost completely devoid of stars, a simple question – what do we lose, when we lose the night? – spawns a journey to America's brightest and darkest corners. Astronomers, cancer researchers, ecologists and philosophers provide glimpses of what is … Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~84 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The City Dark 75% (11 votes) — strong audience scores for this movie.
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The City Dark is a film worth prioritising when you want something with strong audience scores — our AI analysis flags it as a strong match for its genre and tone profile.
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Synopsis
When filmmaker Ian Cheney moves to New York City and discovers skies almost completely devoid of stars, a simple question – what do we lose, when we lose the night? – spawns a journey to America's brightest and darkest corners. Astronomers, cancer researchers, ecologists and philosophers provide glimpses of what is lost in the glare of city lights. Blending a humorous, searching tone with poetic footage of the night sky, what unravels is an introduction to the science of the dark, and an exploration of the human relationship to the stars.
Quick facts
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- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2012-01-20
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- TMDB rating
- 7.5
- TMDB ID
- 84917
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When filmmaker Ian Cheney moves to New York City and discovers skies almost completely devoid of stars, a simple question – what do we lose, when we lose the night? – spawns a journey to America's ... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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The official runtime for The City Dark is approximately 84 minutes.
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