After Hours
1985
SoHo, New York
Martin Scorsese
Black Comedy
What’s it all about: Rosanna Arquette, Linda Fiorentino, Teri Garr, Catherine O’Hara and Verna Bloom are the Five Women You’ll Meet in SoHo when you dare to leave your uptown apartment at midnight for a plaster-of-paris bagel-and-cream-cheese paperweight.
First Encounter: the 80s; Candotti’s first viewing
Prostitute Index: nil
Death By: Saturday night special
Relics: $8 taxi ride, matchbooks in cigarette machine, SoHo before anchor stores
Heartthrob: Rosanna Arquette, Joel Jason, Rand Carr
LoFi Magic: Martin Scorsese working the spotlight at Club Berlin
Makes me want to: move to New York (√)
Candotti take: (45 minutes in) What is this movie about?
Worth a watch/rewatch: Yes
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