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Subway Riders (1981)

Director: Amos Poe

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From Time Out Film Guide

Not so much subway riders as underground poseurs, Poe's Manhattan melodramatists - psychotic saxophonist, sweaty cop, junkie femme fatale, assorted night people - do little more than stand still for Johanna Heer's stylishly noir-conscious camera. Every shot might come ready to be framed, but it's a frustratingly long walk through the post-Pop gallery when Poe shows no inclination to cut, and even less to encourage his cast to get on with the off-handedly minimal 'plot'. Irksome narcissism.

Author: PT 0000-00-00 00:00:00

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Cast & crew

Director: Amos Poe

Producer: Amos Poe

Cast: Robbie Coltrane, Charlene Kaleina, Cookie Mueller, John Lurie, Amos Poe, Susan Tyrrell, Bill Rice full cast

Duration: 118 mins


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