A Matter of Degrees
A Matter of Degrees 1990, R. Directed by W.T. Morgan, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Arye Gross, Judith Hoag, Tom Sizemore. Perrhaps it’s just me, but it seems as though there’s some sort of new wave sweeping through American independent filmmaking. Small, no-to-low budget films such as Three Bewildered People in the Night,…
The Reflecting Skin
The Reflecting Skin 1990. Directed by Philip Ridley, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Viggo Mortensen, Lindsay Duncan, Jeremy Cooper, Sheila Moore, Duncan Fraser, David Longworth. Like an irrational but beautiful dream, The Reflecting Skin unfolds with a clarity that’s disturbing. It’s a true American Gothic, a movie in which breathtakingly blue skies and…
Trust
Trust 1991. Directed by Hal Hartley, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Adrienne Shelly, Martin Donovan, Merritt Nelson, Edie Falco, John Mckay. Papa don’t preach. A bratty, teenaged girl informs her parents that she’s pregnant and plans to drop out of high school and have the baby. She slaps her dad and, before the…
