This independent American feature tells the story of Shay and her boyfriend Radio. While he puts his unexpressed pain into heartrending Hendrix-like guitar-playing, Shay earns a living by stripping in a downtown bar. "Some people feel like they're living a life, I feel like I'm watching TV", is how Shay describes her life.
Acting
Lauri Crook's dead-eyed dissociation is hauntingly precise
Score
Jack May's original guitar work carries unspoken backstory
Direction
Abramson's claustrophobic framing traps you with them
Director
Neil Abramson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Buried in the 1997 Sundance slush pile, this captures pre-gentrified downtown NYC when artists could still afford to be broke.
Director Neil Abramson never made another feature; lead Lauri Crook's entire filmography spans exactly two roles. This is their ghost.
US
