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7.2
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698 Ratings

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Directed by Bette Gordon
United States, United Kingdom, 1983
Drama

Synopsis

Christine, a bright and unassuming young woman, takes a job selling tickets at a porno theater near Times Square. Instead of distancing herself from the dark and erotic nature of this milieu, Christine soon develops an obsession that begins to consume her life.

Synopsis

Christine, a bright and unassuming young woman, takes a job selling tickets at a porno theater near Times Square. Instead of distancing herself from the dark and erotic nature of this milieu, Christine soon develops an obsession that begins to consume her life.

Our take

Based on a Brechtian script by Kathy Acker and starring New York underground legends like Nan Goldin and Cookie Mueller, Bette Gordon’s trailblazing New York indie powerfully inverts the gendered conventions of the erotic thriller, foregrounding women’s sexual fantasies in grimy, downtown New York.