Blue In The Face
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- Synopsis
- Director Wayne Wang and screenwriter Paul Auster had enough storylines and characters left over from their charming comedy Smoke to make another film, so they shot Blue In The Face immediately after Smoke was completed....
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- Starring
- Harvey Keitel, Lou Reed, Roseanne, Michael J. Fox, Jim Jarmusch
- Director(s)
- Wayne Wang, Paul Auster
- Distributor(s)
- Artificial Eye Film Productions
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 89 min.
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ReelViews | James BerardinelliAdd Critic to Favorites
The film is so exuberant that we don't care whether we're listening to Lou Reed's off-the-cuff comments about New York, watching Mel Gorham do a sexy dance in front of a mirror, or hearing Jim Jarmusch's ramblings on the romance of the smoking culture.Read the full review
Entertainment Weekly | Ty BurrAdd Critic to Favorites
The improvisations are a mixed bag -- Reed and Fox are surprisingly hilarious, while Roseanne is a shrieking horror show -- but the air of gentle play and a wistful sense that Brooklyn is some kind of lost Eden put this one up on the more structured "Smoke."Read the full review
The New York Times | Janet MaslinAdd Critic to Favorites
Good-humored, try-anything fun.Read the full review