El Mariachi
El Mariachi 1992, R, 92 min. Directed by Robert Rodriguez, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gómez, Peter Marquardt, Reinol Martinez. From Richard Linklater’s Slacker to Robert Rodriguez’s El Mariachi, Austin is fast becoming the focal point for somewhat of a renaissance in “low-budget”; filmmaking. (Something in the water, perhaps.) Unlike…
Night and Day
Night and Day 1991. Directed by Chantal Akerman, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Guilaine Londez, Thomas Langmann, Francois Negret. For Julie (Londez), there is little difference between night and day. She’s in love — and it’s not until that fog lifts that she again experiences the daily revolution of the earth. Julie loves…
Together Alone
Together Alone 1992. Directed by P.j. Castellaneta, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Todd Stites, Terry Curry. During the opening credits of Together Alone, two young men leave a bar, go to one’s apartment, have sex, and then turn the lights on, get dressed and talk. In fact, they spend the next 90 minutes…
Love Field
Love Field 1992, PG-13, 102 min. Directed by Jonathan Kaplan, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Dennis Haysbert, Stephanie Mcfadden, Brian Kerwin, Louise Latham. Love Field is a quietly engaging and uncharacteristic little period piece set in the American South in the early Sixties that tells the story of an interracial friendship.…
