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Variety

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A repressed young woman develops a fascination for pornography and voyeurism while selling tickets to adult movies.

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Peter Bradshaw Guardian Aug 8, 2023
4/5
A flawed but fascinating critique of the male gaze, the porn gaze, and the luxurious ordeal of guilty voyeurism. Go to Full Review
Calum Baker Radio Times Aug 30, 2024
4/5
Shooting on a microbudget, Gordon makes remarkable use of her surroundings, crafting a languid, erotic and radically feminist film noir from the scuzzy raw material of punk-era New York. Go to Full Review
Cindy Patton Gay Community News (Boston) May 12, 2022
Complex and disturbing. Go to Full Review
Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com May 1, 2013
A
Bette Gordon's independent psychological thriller, written by Kathy Acker, is a stunning proto-feminist noir experiment set in the sex shops of 1983 Times Square. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com May 15, 2011
B+
A signifcant feminist indie about sexual difference, desire, and gaze. Go to Full Review
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Anakin G Feb 28, 2017 Bette Gordon is great at capturing those private moments in public spaces and personal moments in private spaces. She really lets the action play out and keeps the frame wonderfully engaged without significant cutting around. There is always tension, there is always something going on. Everything was insanely interesting and charged with thriller like intensity without the falsity. What a way to end the movie, with an unfulfilled promise, the way porn ends, with all fantasy and no physical resolution or satisfaction. See more
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Bette Gordon

Director

Sandy McLeod

Christine

Will Patton

Mark

Richard M. Davidson

Louie

Luis Guzmán

Jose

Nan Goldin

Nan

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Movie Info

Synopsis A repressed young woman develops a fascination for pornography and voyeurism while selling tickets to adult movies.
Director
Bette Gordon
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 8, 1985, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 25, 2017
Runtime
1h 40m
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