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Untamed lingers on the body’s bluish decay and gouged limbs, a macabre counter to the suggestion that being outside will rejuvenate your spirit and your body.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 July 2025
When someone overdoses from fentanyl, breathing slows and their skin often turns a bluish hue.
—Jan Hoffman, New York Times, 15 May 2025
It’s accompanied by other symptoms such as chest pain, dizziness, fainting, leg swelling, or a bluish tint to lips or fingers.
—Emily Brown, Verywell Health, 14 May 2025
Nonetheless, the film does have atmosphere, thanks to Simon Plunket’s widescreen cinematography achieving an effect that’s handsome but not prettified, a pervasive bluish lighting cast conveying an uphill-struggle melancholy in wordless terms.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 29 Apr. 2025
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 July 2025
When someone overdoses from fentanyl, breathing slows and their skin often turns a bluish hue.
—Jan Hoffman, New York Times, 15 May 2025
It’s accompanied by other symptoms such as chest pain, dizziness, fainting, leg swelling, or a bluish tint to lips or fingers.
—Emily Brown, Verywell Health, 14 May 2025
Nonetheless, the film does have atmosphere, thanks to Simon Plunket’s widescreen cinematography achieving an effect that’s handsome but not prettified, a pervasive bluish lighting cast conveying an uphill-struggle melancholy in wordless terms.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Bluish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bluish. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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bluish
adjective
blu·ish
ˈblü-ish 
: somewhat blue
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