Slaves of New York (1989)

Regisseur:

James Ivory

Drehbuchautoren:

Tama Janowitz (based on the stories by)
Tama Janowitz (screenplay)

Premierendatum:

März 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Eleanor lives with the artist Stash. Just like his artist friends, he is completely unknown but is waiting for the big break...

Plot Keywords:

Female Nudity | Artist | Designer | Human Relationship | Based On Novel

Nutzerkommentare:

Better as travelogue than as drama

Besetzung

Bernadette Peters	...	Eleanor
Chris Sarandon	...	Victor Okrent
Mary Beth Hurt	...	Ginger Booth
Madeleine Potter	...	Daria
Adam Coleman Howard	...	Stash
Jsu Garcia	...	Marley (as Nick Corri)
Charles McCaughan	...	Sherman
John Harkins	...	Chuck Dade Dolger
Mercedes Ruehl	...	Samantha
Joe Leeway	...	Jonny Jalouse
Anna Katarina	...	Mooshka
Bruce Peter Young	...	Mikell
Michael Schoeffling	...	Jan
Steve Buscemi	...	Wilfredo
Jonas Abry	...	Mickey

Alternativ:

Großstadtsklaven (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

124 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

1.78 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:L | Finland:K-10 | Sweden:11 | USA:R | West Germany:12 (f) | UK:15

Firma:

Gary Hendler

Dies und das:

Wilfredo's clothing line was designed by New York designer Stephen Sprouse.

Dialogzitate:

Eleanor: What happened? Where were you?
Stash: Daria was helping me at the studio and I walked her home and took her dog for a walk and it was attacked by a cheetah.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Enthält ausschnittsweise Holiday (1938)

Soundtrack:

Love Overlap

Better as travelogue than as drama

Often disjointed adaptation of the volume of intertwined short stories by Tama Janowitz is most interesting for its examination of the avant garde art scene in Manhattan. The story is less compelling; the personal evolution of hat designer Eleanor (Peters) is fine, but other story threads hold less interest. Peters gives an unusual performance (owing much to her scattered, unassuming personality) which doesn't really fit with the other characters, though that is a large part of the point of that plot: Eleanor is much more honest and unironic than the pretentious, pseudo-intellectual types who populate the milieu. The parties, openings, shows, and gatherings keep the screen interesting, though the occasional split-screen scenes are an unsuccessful experiment. Performances are generally good, including a funny two-scene cameo by author Janowitz as Eleanor's friend Abby. My reaction to this makes me think it might have made a good sitcom.