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1 online resource (streaming video file) (96 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
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Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
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Mark Arnott, David Brisbin, Reed Birney |
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Originally produced by Mark Rappaport in 1985. |
| Summary |
Made in Manhattan during the worst early depths of the AIDS epidemic, this LA RONDE-style series of twosomes and threesomes never directly mentions that crisis. But the intricately interconnecting relationships glimpsed in mosaic-like shards here exist in a similarly embattled milieu, an urban war zone: war between the sexes (or perhaps between the urges toward and against any kind of intimacy). With Tin Pan Alley standard "Taking a Chance on Love" as ironic theme song, Rappaport's characters reach out to one another but might get their hand bitten off as thanks. Among them are a Vietnam vet (Mark Arnott) with paranoid hallucinations; an emasculating ex-soap opera actress (Marilyn Jones) whose tender side comes out only when she sees herself in TV reruns; a gay man (Reed Birney) whose involvement with a straight hustler proves more than either of them can handle. As is this singular writer-director's way, the drama is elliptical, the comedy slyly in-jokey and the narrative can run any which way, encompassing a lecture on sharks, campy medical horror, double-team prostitutes and yes, actual chain letters. Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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In English |
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Independent films.
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Drama.
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Motion pictures.
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Rappaport, Mark, film director.
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Arnott, Mark, actor.
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Brisbin, David, actor.
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Birney, Reed, actor.
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Mark Rappaport (Firm), Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
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1548915 Kanopy |
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