9/17/2010

MARTIN SCORSESE'S FRENETIC NEON NOIR OF 'AFTER HOURS'

title: AFTER HOURS year: 1985 cast: Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette rating: *****

The underrated Griffin Dunne stars in a dark comedy/Film Noir homage involving a bored word processor who takes a bad luck odyssey on a lonesome evening, leaving his lonely apartment and following the "rabbit" (Rosanna Arquette) into artsy Soho, New York, and is eventually accused of many things he didn't do: all the while connecting with various woman, each unluckier than the next. Martin Scorsese directs with fanatic precision, but it's Dunne's ride...

Not only does he deliver some of the funniest glib humor ever, but as he's progressively unravelled his frustrated irritation turns to panicked desperation: making this one of the most entertaining performances in the history of cinema. And that's no exaggeration.  

Griffin Dunne in AFTER HOURS
Griffin Dunne in AFTER HOURS
Griffin Dunne in AFTER HOURS
Griffin Dunne in AFTER HOURS
Credits for AFTER HOURS

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