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Bookmark this pageSubway Riders (1981)
Director: Amos Poe
Movie review
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
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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