“As unsparing a sketch of twentysomething life in New York City as American independent cinema has yet offered.”
Screened as part of the Scalarama / Directed by Women month.
After escaping New Jersey, the quintessentially punk Wren (Susan Berman)—a spark plug in fishnets—moves to New York City with the mission of becoming famous. When not pasting up self-promotional flyers or hanging at the Peppermint Lounge, she’s getting involved with Paul (Brad Rinn), the nicest guy to ever live in a van next to the highway, and Eric (Richard Hell), an aloof rocker. Susan Seidelman’s debut feature is an unfaded snapshot of a bygone era and established her distinctive vision of New York later seen in Desperately Seeking Susan.
