A dark humoured and absurd SoHo Odyssey

Ike 2022-10-05 03:59:51

Definitely not something you will expect from Scorsese, but still good and worth a watch. highly entertaining, cleverly written, attention holding to the last.

1. Nothing is predictable after every comic turn of the film, there is a sense of menace increase and you are not sure at any minute the film is going to explore into a blood bath.

2. The camera plays the role of an amused narrator, with a willful personality of its own, wildly racing across images to scritinize small details like Marcy's thighs and floating 20 dollars.

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  • Julie: Look, I had trouble figuring out the tax on checks. So what! I mean, eight per cent is a bitch! So, I make a few mistakes! So, I make a few mistakes! So, sue me!

  • Tom the Bartender: How about a drink? You look like you could use one.

    Paul Hackett: You don't happen to have any powerful aphrodisiacs back there, do you?

    Tom the Bartender: She won't put out, huh?

    Paul Hackett: No, it's not for her. It's for me. I seem to have gotten myself involved with one of your cocktail waitresses.

    Tom the Bartender: Miss Bee Hive 1965.

    Paul Hackett: Yes. Don't even ask me how.

    Tom the Bartender: So, take off. What's she gonna do? Kill herself?