A far more effective film at showing the seedy underbelly of New York than most. From its foul-mouthed characters to their nonchalance about the everyday nature of their drug and sex trade, it feels quite genuine. Paul Morrissey's aesthetic works for this material, using intricate long takes and shooting in real locations.
The major issue here is how talky the script is. There's a poetry in the profanity and the articulate way in which sordid affairs are discussed, but much of it's lost under Morrissey's direction. While he's playing with split-screen in one scene, for instance, his actors' words sometimes get lost in the mix.
No comments:
Post a Comment