Alex Cox directed this comedy-fantasy screenplay by Tod Davies in a variety of locations (American Southwest, Hong Kong, Rotterdam). With a plot premise reminiscent of Martin Scorsese's After Hours, American art dealer Bennie (Miguel Sandoval) arrives in Liverpool and gets to his hotel with great difficulty, while British art dealer Frank King (Cox) has no such problem. Abandoned by the waiter in the hotel's restaurant, the two head out into the rainy Liverpool night but find mostly closed
Mar 22, 2005
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October 16, 2009Super Reviewer
Odd.That's the only word here.This film was directed by Alex Cox, most well known for his work on Repo Man (and, to a lesser extent, Sid and Nancy--which, if you aren't aware, has Gary Oldman as Sid Vicious...) and in fact he is one of the two stars of the film. It's an absurd, surreal little film (as a hint, the
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