Susan Seidelman's electrifying debut, a vivid dispatch from eighties New York and a benchmark for independent film SUSAN SEIDELMAN (Desperately Seeking Susan) established her distinctive vision of 1980s New York with this debut feature, the lofi original for her vibrant portraits of women reinventing themselves. After escaping New Jersey, the quintessentially punk Wren (SUSAN BERMAN)a sparkplug in fishnets who lives dangerously downtownmoves to the city with the mission of becoming famous. When not pasting up flyers for herself or hanging at the Peppermint Lounge, she's getting involved with Paul (BRAD RIJN), the nicest guy to ever live in a van next to the highway, and Eric (RICHARD HELL), an aloof rocker. Shot on 16mm film that captures the grit and glam of the setting, with an alternately moody and frenetic soundtrack by the Feelies and others, Smithereens the first independent American film to compete for the Palme d'Oris an unfaded snapshot of a bygone era. Features: New 2K digital restoration, approved by director Susan Seidelman, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Audio commentary from 2004 featuring Seidelman New interviews with Seidelman and actor Susan Berman And You Act Like One Too (1976) and Yours Truly, Andrea G. Stern (1979), two early shorts by Seidelman, with new introductions by the director PLUS: An essay by critic Rebecca Bengal
For a long term space mission reclusive scientist Jeff Peters (Malkovich) builds his exact double in android form! However as Peters has no social skills he is unable to program Ulysses (also Malkovich) with a personality. Thus an eccentric woman is hired to educate the mechanical man on human behaviour and she is soon falling in love. However is she in love with Ulysses or Peters?
Filmmaker Susan Seidelman rocked the movie industry with this daring and quirky story of Wren (Susan Berman) a self-promoting Jersey girl desperate to break into the downtown Manhattan music scene. But with no money and no talent she bounces between a nice guy artist (Brad Rinn) who lives in his van and an arrogant musician (Punk icon Richard Hell) who lives off of anyone who will let him.
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