Word: smarted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...BOTTOM LINE: A no-budget look at adolescence and lower-class life -- smart, tough and compassionate...
...that matter) are likely to encounter Gas Food Lodging only by chance, given its modest release pattern and the fact that it is going forth unpopulated with major stars, unequipped with big-time advertising and utterly devoid of glamour. But Allison Anders' film is like its main characters -- spunky, smart, tougher than they look -- and one wants to believe that the film, like them, will somehow make its way in an uncaring world...
...there to help them." For a 14-year-old living in a housing project run by a gang, it doesn't cut it to plead a hectic schedule when the guys come knocking. "If you're in the projects, getting out of a gang just isn't a smart thing to do," says J.W. Hughes, 22, a former member of a gang called the Black Disciples in Chicago who now counsels gang members. "You have to fear for your life." BUILD's Swope warns, "If you don't show up for meetings, they issue a B.O.S. ((beat on sight)) order...
...dancing wild tribal stomps as strobe lights flash and 50,000 watts of techno- house music blast from the speakers of a New York City nightclub called the Shelter. On the fringes, others watch an upside-down projection of Flintstones % cartoons or sidle up to the nonalcoholic "smart bar" for bottled water or vitamin-enriched fruit juice. "It's a good crowd tonight," observes Moby, a techno deejay with a loyal following. "I don't sense the usual nightclub aggression...
Movies can convince us of the impossible; they have trouble with what Hitchcock called "the implausibles." Both Single White Female and Raising Cain too often beg the question "Why would such a smart person do such a stupid thing?" Single White Female gets its best thrills early on, when Hedy is falling in love with Allie -- and filling the void inside both of them. Sisterhood never looked so vulnerable. "You haven't been yourself," Allie says to Hedy. "I know," her would-be twin replies. "I've been...