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Directed by Amos Poe | 70 mins | 1976
Jean-Paul Belmondo’s character in "Breathless" (1960) thought he was Humphrey Bogart; Duncan Hannah’s character in this proto-No Wave work—a restless poseur slash photographer named Rico—thinks he’s Jean-Paul Belmondo. Released the same year as Poe’s "Blank Generation", the writer-director’s first feature is a provocatively ramshackle snapshot of a downtown Manhattan scene on the cusp of consolidating its own idiom.
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