A subway ride to stop a man from burning — but who's really on fire here?
A downtown teenage couple ride the subway to the outskirts of New York city. They want to track down a man who intends to set himself on fire. His story becomes entangled with their own faltering romance. With
Direction
Taylor's claustrophobic NYC geography — every stop feels like purgatory.
Acting
Leguizamo before he was famous, already electric with desperation.
Director
Alan Taylor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Alan Taylor's thesis film at NYU, shot guerrilla-style on actual subway lines with permits that barely held.
Made the same year as 'Slacker' and 'My Own Private Idaho' — part of that brief, beautiful moment when American indie cinema believed poverty of means could mean depth of feeling.
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