Women in New York
- sombre
Sombre, steady, measured drama / tv, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
How every film is hand-scored →In 1930s New York, a group of bored wealthy women convene in social situations and converse about their husbands and/or lovers.
Our read · Women in New York (1977) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive drama · tv · feminist entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
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“You want acid Fassbinder salon talk about wealthy women, lovers, and masks.”
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