There are two stars in this film - Marilia Pera and a totally run-down Third World New York. In the film, Marilia comes from the favela in Rio but I imagine it looks a lot better than this torn-down American city. Much of the acting in the film is abysmal however, given this is Paul Morrissey coming out of his Andy Warhol days, you have to wonder if this is on purchase. Thiago sounds like an untrained and unintelligent brute but plays an eh, untrained and unintelligent brute. Carol gives a totally flat delivery of everything she says, but plays a VERY bored rich upper class girl mingling with low class rough trade for kicks. Her final words after being shot in the head (....) are "I must look a mess" - hard to think that was written with a straight face.
If you take the film as it is - an 80's period piece set in the slums of Alphabet City before it was torn down to make apartments, and starring people with mostly limited acting experience (Ms Pera excepted) - it's an enjoyable late night film that will keep you interested. What would Andy call it? Probably, Trash.
If you take the film as it is - an 80's period piece set in the slums of Alphabet City before it was torn down to make apartments, and starring people with mostly limited acting experience (Ms Pera excepted) - it's an enjoyable late night film that will keep you interested. What would Andy call it? Probably, Trash.