The Loner
1980, English. Directed by Tony Oursler.
The Loner is a psychosexual journey through the dark landscapes of Oursler's insular narrative universe. The tape's paranoid, tormented protagonist — who is represented by such objects as a spoon and a water-filled sack — wanders through a hostile dreamspace of macabre obsessions and sexual alienation. Incredibly, Oursler renders this unlikely anti-hero as a sympathetic, totally believable "character." The artist's somnambulant, pun-laden narration and astonishing visual inventiveness add black humor to the surreal proceedings; for example, a bar scene is populated by an outrageous "cast" of found-object grotesques. Oursler's classic happy ending, in which The Loner "would live a wonderful life," rings with an ironic desperation.
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- 0h 30m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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- 5 February 1980
- Country
- United States of America
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The Loner isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 5 February 1980. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Loner?
The Loner (1980) was directed by Tony Oursler.