Underground U.S.A. - 1980

The Sunset Blvd. of underground cinema, and a suitably ambivalent retrospect on the star-game casualties of New York's upper depths, with Patti Astor statuesquely hysterical as a 20-year-old Norma Desmond, made up to recall Edie Sedgwick and surrounded by Warhol's lost children. We've been here before, but without the hindsight: a camera cruise along a hustler's meat-rack, kitchen-talk over cold canned spaghetti, Taylor Mead grimacing in a spastic dance, the silent stud a sullenly passive observer. Mitchell's ear for campy native wit and eye for figures in a loft-scape happily keep at bay the otherwise contagious NY ennui.

85min
1980
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating5.1/10

Cast

Jackie Curtis profile pictureJackie CurtisThe Room-mate
Cookie Mueller profile pictureCookie MuellerThe Barmaid
Taylor Mead profile pictureTaylor MeadThe Uncle
John Lurie profile pictureJohn LurieJack Smith

About Underground U.S.A.

Underground U.S.A. Overview

The Sunset Blvd. of underground cinema, and a suitably ambivalent retrospect on the star-game casualties of New York's upper depths, with Patti Astor statuesquely hysterical as a 20-year-old Norma Desmond, made up to recall Edie Sedgwick and surrounded by Warhol's lost children. We've been here before, but without the hindsight: a camera cruise along a hustler's meat-rack, kitchen-talk over cold canned spaghetti, Taylor Mead grimacing in a spastic dance, the silent stud a sullenly passive observer. Mitchell's ear for campy native wit and eye for figures in a loft-scape happily keep at bay the otherwise contagious NY ennui.

Runtime: 85min

Extra details

Original Title: Underground U.S.A.
Original Language: English
Directed By: Eric Mitchell
Production Companies
New Line Cinema