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After Hours (USA, 1985)
American black comedy directed by Martin Scorsese.
Paul Hackett (Griffin Dunne) is a lonely and bored NYC office worker. He is the sort of guy who reads Tropic of Cancer while eating alone at a diner.
He is surprised and pleased when the whimsical Marcy (Rosanna Arquette) flirts with him. She invites him to check out work from an artist friend of hers. Despite already being after midnight, the horny Paul heads downtown (SoHo) to see the artist and hopefully hook up with Marcy. The artist turns out to be the sexually aggressive Kiki (Linda Fiorentino) who works at a huge loft that she shares with Marcy.
Paul gets caught in a nightmare of bad luck and finds himself desperate to go home but unable to escape the clutches of SoHo.
I would call this film a black comedy but it generates a lot of anxiety. Paul is a bit of a dick at times but we can feel his exasperation and desperation because he just wants to go home.
Rating: 7/10
American black comedy directed by Martin Scorsese.
Paul Hackett (Griffin Dunne) is a lonely and bored NYC office worker. He is the sort of guy who reads Tropic of Cancer while eating alone at a diner.
He is surprised and pleased when the whimsical Marcy (Rosanna Arquette) flirts with him. She invites him to check out work from an artist friend of hers. Despite already being after midnight, the horny Paul heads downtown (SoHo) to see the artist and hopefully hook up with Marcy. The artist turns out to be the sexually aggressive Kiki (Linda Fiorentino) who works at a huge loft that she shares with Marcy.
Paul gets caught in a nightmare of bad luck and finds himself desperate to go home but unable to escape the clutches of SoHo.
I would call this film a black comedy but it generates a lot of anxiety. Paul is a bit of a dick at times but we can feel his exasperation and desperation because he just wants to go home.
Rating: 7/10
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