Joe Marshall Movies
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, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- James Lyons, Michael Tighe, (more)
- 1978
Filmed in 1978, the mystery Skeleton Key sat on the shelf until 1980, when it was shipped off to TV. Gordon Raitt plays a young, hotshot reporter. New in town, he doesn't know yet that there are some people above suspicion--especially the powerful family that virtually owns the town. Thus he operates alone and under great durress when he investigates a suspected link between the family and governmental corruption. Mary Stahl and Sam Babbitt
costar. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
costar. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
