After Hours
Something Wild
These yuppie adventures made the Eighties a lot more enjoyable with two charmers from Martin Scorsese and Jonathan Demme. In After Hours, Griffin Dunne stars as a “word processor” who travels to SoHo for a night out which takes a series of bizarre turns. Although generally regarded as one of Scorsese’s less serious films, it was his only film to earn Best Director honors at the Cannes Film Festival. Jonathan Demme’s Something Wild follows a mild-mannered New York investment broker who goes on an eventful trip to New Jersey thanks to a free-spirited mystery woman. Strong performances (Melanie Griffith in a black bob as “Lulu”), oddball cameos (John Sayles, John Waters) and a funky soundtrack (The Feelies, Sister Carol) add up to one of the liveliest American films of the period.
PROGRAM
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After Hours
Directed by Martin Scorsese.
With Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Linda Fiorentino.
US, 1985, 35mm, color, 96 min.
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Something Wild
Directed by Jonathan Demme.
With Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, Ray Liotta.
US, 1986, 35mm, color, 113 min.
Part of film series
Screenings from this program
Tol’able David / To the Last Man
Buffalo Bill and the Indians... / The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Daydreams / Drifters
The Silent World / In The Pink: Faded Films
