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Alan Rudolph (written by)
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29 August 1984 (USA)
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Laughter, tears and telephone calls. Love is the true adventure. [USA theatrical] more
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Several lost-soul night-owls, including a nightclub owner, a talkback radio relationships counseller...
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Geneviève Bujold | ... | Nancy | |
| Keith Carradine | ... | Mickey | |
| Lesley Ann Warren | ... | Eve | |
| Patrick Bauchau | ... | Zack Antoine | |
| Rae Dawn Chong | ... | Pearl Antoine | |
| John Larroquette | ... | Billy Ace | |
| Edward Ruscha | ... | Ralph Chomsky | |
| Gailard Sartain | ... | Mueller | |
| Robert Gould | ... | Lou | |
| John Considine | ... | Dr. Ernest Greene | |
| Jodi Buss | ... | Babs | |
| Sandra Will | ... | Ida | |
| Mike Kaplan | ... | Harve (as Mike E. Kaplan) | |
| Russell Parr | ... | Bradshaw | |
| Teresa Velarde | ... | Studio Secretary |
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With atmosphere to spare. If you've never wandered LA's back-streets at night, this movie will give you a taste.
The theme of this movie is a common one, the search for love.
Highly stylized. Overloaded with delicious details and clever ideas. Characters with quirky (and intriguing) personality traits. What male viewer wouldn't want to be like the main protagonist, Keith Carradine's character? Fighter pilot, spy, expert mechanic. What female viewer wouldn't identify with either of the two lead female roles? Tough yet vulnerable, sexy, desirable, but unable to play the mating game and win.
All the characters are interconnected, but they don't always know it. The writer/director gets full marks for interesting characters and a story that twists and turns in on itself, but now comes the challenge of making it cohesive and comprehensible. That's where the movie doesn't hold up as well.
There is not enough "glue" between scenes. There are too many places where the plot takes a leap and the viewer is expected to fill in the gap. I found myself asking, "where did that come from?". I kept wanting to replay the previous scene because I had missed the transition, but there wasn't one.
I wish Rudolph had a collaborator with the screenplay and the directing. I feel the casting was very good, but the performances are often stilted, like what you might find in a high school production. Awkward pauses and intonations in the dialog. This also makes the story hard to follow and hard to believe. I can't decide if this was intentional or not. Reminds me of Hal Hartley.
This movie is not for everyone. Personally, I love it, warts and all. I've seen it three times and own the DVD. The Teddy Pendergrass songs are wonderful and I would say under-used in the film. Very surprised to see Maltin give this 3.5 stars, even if it is "a critics movie". He must have been in a good mood that day.