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Title: I want my $3.85 back
Review: I think what they were trying to do in this picture is show what a great film noir they could make now that they are so free -- free from all those restrictions of the studio system respecting dialogue, free from conventional ways of "seeing," free from the need to disguise various flavors of sexuality. But in filmmaking, freedom isn't enough. You also need to have some talent, and there is more narcissism than talent on display here. Arty photography, heaving sex scenes, and dialog that tries to be hip aren't enough to dress up the predictable "will he kiss me or will he kill me" plot. The film is bad enough, but more atrocious is the sheer arrogance of what the filmmakers must have been thinking when they made it.
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