Mixed Blood

France, United States

1984

98 Min

Color

Portuguese, English

Currently 2.9/5 Stars.
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PROD Stephen Fierberg, Antoine Gannagé, Mark Slater

SCR Paul Morrissey, Alan Bowne

CAST Marília Pêra, Richard Ulacia, Linda Kerridge, Geraldine Smith, Angel David

SOUND Rolf Pardula, Sanford Rackow, Michael Steinfeld

Synopsis

Brazilian drug dealers in the lower east side of Manhattan start a war with a rival gang of Latino drug dealers. Their soldiers are Latino kids all under 17 because, as Rita La Punta says, “They can kill and not go to jail.” The war escalates to include their German heroin supplier, his sexy English girl friend, a Puerto Rican ex-cop, and the Japanese police captain. This movie is about racism, police corruption, junkies and drug dealing. There is plenty of killing and even a visit to a store dedicated to the Latino pop group “Menudo.” —IMDb

Director

Paul Morrissey

Paul Morrissey (born February 23, 1938, New York City) is an American film director, best-known for his association with Andy Warhol.

Morrissey attended Ampleforth College and Fordham University, both Roman Catholic schools, and later served in the United States Army. A political conservative and self-described “right-winger”, who has publicly protested against what he perceives as immorality and “anti-Catholicism”, Morrissey’s long-term collaboration with the low-keyed, apparently apolitical Warhol was viewed by many as “a successful mismatch”, although both men did share some traits, i.e. both were practising Catholics from “ethnic” backgrounds (Warhol was of Slovakian descent and Morrissey is of Irish descent).[citation needed]

Morrissey’s bold, avant-garde direction in filmmaking is often attributed to his relationship with Warhol and The Factory, although Morrissey claimed in his memoir, Factory Days, that this is not the case. —Wikipedia