
In the metropolis of Rain City which is run under a military state, Wanda's Café is the meeting point for several individuals, who, in the words of Lt. Gunther of the police department, are converging on "the shit (they're) wallowing in". Former Rain City police officer John Hawkins - Hawk to his friends - has just been released from prison where he served eight years for murder, a crime to which he readily admits. He killed Fat Adolph, a mobster, in an effort to clean up th... (Full plot summary below)
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In the metropolis of Rain City which is run under a military state, Wanda's Café is the meeting point for several individuals, who, in the words of Lt. Gunther of the police department, are converging on "the shit (they're) wallowing in". Former Rain City police officer John Hawkins - Hawk to his friends - has just been released from prison where he served eight years for murder, a crime to which he readily admits. He killed Fat Adolph, a mobster, in an effort to clean up the streets and protect the ones he loved. He has returned to Wanda's - Wanda who was his former lover - to restart his life. Straightforward Wanda still loves Hawk, but is not in love with him, and as such offers him a place to stay with no strings. Wanda has just hired largely innocent Georgia to work in the café. Penniless Georgia and her husband Coop have just arrived in Rain City with their infant son Spike in the run-down camper in which they live. They believed moving to the city - their first time ever in such - would solve all their problems. Frustrated Coop has been unable to find work, so he ends up hooking up with another Wanda's regular, a criminal named Solo. The power and money associated with this new criminal life changes Coop. His and Solo's problem is that their criminal activities are impinging on that of a more ruthless criminal named Hilly Blue, who will not sit idly by without getting what he considers his fair share of the activity. In the meantime, Hawk starts to fall for Georgia, who is torn between the love she felt for the man she married as opposed to who Coop has become, and the support provided by Hawk, who wants to care for her and Spike. Hawk has to decide what to do to help Georgia while getting what he wants for his renewed life.
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| The Moving Picture ShowJoe LeydonIf you've ever dreamed of turning up the collar of your trenchcoat for a solitary stroll through a fog-shrouded backlot, you'll like what you see here. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzThe mystical mood piece is enveloped in a constant mist seemingly emanating from the 1940s. |
| New York TimesWalter GoodmanThe leads struggle through the mist, along with the audience, pretending they have some notion of what is going on - but nobody's that good an actor. |
| User ReviewSean KThis is a great film noir but very hard to find - wish I could get it on dvd! |
| User ReviewScott BThe loss of innocence depicted in hairstyles. Pre-Starbucks Seattle rendered in all its sodden and gloomy glory, and thrown into the bargain: Divine in a dramatic role! |
| User ReviewAaron WA strange, cool, film. I mean it's got Keith Carradine, Kris Kristofferson, AND Divine! Now that's a cast. Cooper (Carradine) plays a loser who, with his wife and newborn, moves to the city with the hope of finding a job only to get quickly pulled into a network of organized crime headed by Hilly Blue (Divine sans makeup). Coop's new enterprises cause him to practically ignore his wife allowing for recently released convicted murderer and ex-cop Hawk (Kristofferson) to step in. The film has a cool, eighties, noirish feel though it's hard to deny that a few things are very dated that's not exactly a minus in this case. If I had one problem, it'd be that Kristofferson's badassedness isn't used enough, other than that it's nifty little gem. |
| User ReviewMichael SThis movie is one of those that sticks with me. It has a similar feel to Blade Runner and the music of Mark Isham and song by Marriane Faithful have kept the soundtrack on my frequent play for years. |
| User ReviewGeorge NWonderfully moody, Divine is truly scary, under seen, under rated film. |
| User ReviewJamy SA beautiful and eccentric modern noir love story from the distinctive director Alan Rudoph. Strong cast includes notable presence of Geneviève Bujold. |
| User ReviewFergal RI gave this four stars because I've only seen it once and that must have been about fifteen years ago. I don't think it's available on DVD. I like Alan Rudolph. I think he's a pretty unique talent. You wouldn't offer to fund his films but I'd happily pay to see them! I'd love to see this again. |