Variety

Variety

1985 · 101 min · EN · NR · 5.2 (27 votes)
Dir. Bette Gordon · Starring Sandy McLeod, Richard M. Davidson, Luis Guzmán, Will Patton, Nan Goldin, Mark Boone Junior · Music John Lurie

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Drama

A repressed young woman becomes obsessed with pornography and the mysterious rich patron of the Times Square porn theater where she works selling tickets.

VIBE

A hauntingly intimate portrait of a woman's quiet desperation. It's a film that feels lived-in, capturing the lonely allure of Times Square's underbelly with a raw, unvarnished gaze.

sleazymelancholicvoyeuristicintrospectiveslow-burngritty realismarthousecharacter studysexualityrepressionurban decayloneliness
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