Friday, August 19, 2022

The grit and glamour of 1982's 'Smithereens' coming to Metrograph in the days ahead

"Smithereens," the dark comedy from 1982 filmed in part in the East Village, makes a return engagement this weekend (and next week) to the Metrograph, 7 Ludlow St. between Hester and Canal.

The film, which marked Susan Seidelman's directorial debut, is set in the East Village (and other downtown locales). Wren (Susan Berman), a suburban New Jersey native, is eager for downtown fame, plastering "missing" posters of herself on the subway and elsewhere. She sees a meal ticket in Eric (Richard Hell), the hot guy with a short attention span in a band. And there's the too-nice Paul (Brad Rijn), who pursues the uninterested Wren. Love!

Go here for showtimes. You can read the EVG interview with Seidelman from 2016 here.

And a making-of featurette for you with Seidelman and Berman ...

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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 19, 2022 at 10:23 PM

    WOW!! I saw that at the 8th street playhouse back in the 80’s!! That’s taking me back!!

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  2. NOTORIOUSAugust 19, 2022 at 10:33 PM

    Richard Hell was so sexy in this.

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  3. AnonymousAugust 20, 2022 at 8:31 AM

    Love this film!! I have taught this in my class .......

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  4. AnonymousAugust 20, 2022 at 9:08 AM

    Richard Hell is sexy in everything.

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