Michael Ringer Movies
- 1997
Ken Hamm wrote and directed this romantic comedy set in Manhattan. Former small-town gal Mona (Cara Wall) works as an assistant researcher at a magazine and hopes for publication of her poetry. Mona lives in the East Village, next door to artist Leonard (Michael Ringer), who works as a dishwasher. Will they meet? Filmed in New York and Boston. Shown at the 1997 Mill Valley Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
- Starring:
- Michael Ringer, Cara Wall, (more)
This avant garde film is based on two angry autobiographical books by David Wojnarowicz: Close to the Knives and Memories That Smell Like Gasoline. Wojnarowicz, a noted performance artist, died of AIDS . The film examines three sides of his life. The first looks at his suburban childhood and the abuse he suffered at his alcoholic father's violent hand. The second chronicles his experiences as an teen-age street hustler and criminal in New York, and the third section, which is highly abstract, follows the adult Dave as he wanders through a dangerous desert. Once these identities are established, chronology is scattered to the winds, and the three ages of David play up to and comment on each other. The work of Wojnarowicz is also represented in Knud Vesterkov's film, By The Dawn's Early Light. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- James Lyons, Michael Tighe, (more)
Director Robert K. Weiss gives a good accounting of himself in his first feature-length effort Amongst Friends. The film is set in an affluent Long Island neighborhood, the home of boyhood chums Patrick McGaw, Steve Parlavecchio, and Joseph Lindsey. With too much time on their hands, the kids turn to crime for "kicks". Events snowball into a climactic life-or-death drug deal, which threatens to end in disaster when one of the boys capriciously pulls a double cross. Barely released in 1993, Amongst Friends will probably get more play in future years thanks to the presence in the cast of Oscar-winner Mira Sorvino. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Steve Parlavecchio, Joseph Lindsey, (more)
