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November 1985 (USA) morePlot:
A detective investigating a series of murders discovers that they are similar to the murders that occur in the new script of a Hollywood screenwriter. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
Tribute to the surreal theater style of early German expressionist films moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Rufus Butler Seder | ... | Edgar Allan (as Rufus B. Seder) | |
| Eugene Seder | ... | Al Weiner | |
| Cheryl Hirshman | ... | Harriet Weiner | |
| James McCann | ... | Sonny Weiner | |
| Clif Sears | ... | Bus Driver | |
| Johanna Wagner | ... | Coffee Shop Waitress | |
| Lonny McDougall | ... | Transvestite | |
| George Kuchar | ... | Martin | |
| Basil J. Bova | ... | Tony Cassano | |
| George Cordeiro | ... | Sergeant Joe Blatz | |
| Ed Callahan | ... | Keven Kleindorf | |
| M. Lynda Robinson | ... | Nina Ray | |
| Katy Bolger | ... | Holly | |
| Bob White | ... | Lot | |
| Jim Connor | ... | Nicky Blair |
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Sort of a "Sunset Boulevard" plot meets "Cabinet and Dr. Caligari". It works best with the stiff silent-film or expressionist acting, and the reusing of old-time "special effects" (such as scratches on the film to represent rain, or peculiar use of rear-screen projection to suggest depth). Gets a little slow in the middle but it's worth it to the hear the LAST LINE for the worlds worst/best pun, which sort of suggests the whole film was designed just for that. We gave it a standing ovation at the Brattle in Harvard square (the filmmaker lived in Brookline). This film was released on video by TROMA in 1999, but thank god is not like a Troma film.