A chance date leaves a lonely word processor (Griffin Dunne) lost in the inner depths of Manhattan's SoHo district in Martin Scorsese's quirky black comedy from 1985, After Hours. With its nightmarish adventure and colorful characters, it plays like an adult, R-rated version of The Wizard of Oz. And, like Dorothy in that other tale, our exasperated everyman soon finds himself just wanting to return home. Having lost most of his money in a tornado-like cab ride, however, this proves difficult to pull off as various flaky blondes pursue him late into the night. My favorite: a seemingly friendly cocktail waitress (Teri Garr) who exists in a mid-Sixties time warp (to her boss she's "Miss Beehive of 1965"). In her apartment, the observant will note, she's stockpiling Aqua Net hairspray. Equally fascinating: the numerous rat traps encircling her bed. Her musical tastes, too, run the emotional gamut—from The Monkees to Joni Mitchell (the latter, in view of our tearfully stressed-out hero, is quickly deemed more appropriate). With Rosanna Arquette, Linda Fiorentino, Catherine O'Hara, Verna Bloom and, briefly, Cheech and Chong. Scorsese keeps this one moving, with lively camerawork from Michael Ballhaus (R. W. Fassbinder's onetime cinematographer).
A surrealistic black comedy that plays on the paranoia and dread of everyday life in the Big Apple Martin Scorsese's AFTER HOURS captures what is easi...More at Family Video
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