There's so much in this to dissect as it explores the happiness and the horrors of phone sex work from all angles, showcasing toxic masculinity through the confidence of being hidden behind a phoneline, to the way that the work itself can consume your life with the gifts of psuedo-self-esteem that eventually lead to your downfall. It actually finds itself being rather topical too now with the rise of Onlyfans and other various ways that women and any other people are selling themselves online, and it definitely doesn't bash them for doing so, it merely displays the topic cleanly from….
Letterboxd is an independent service created by a small team, and we rely mostly on the support of our members to maintain our site and apps. Where to watch Trailer. A struggling actress in New York City takes a job as a phone sex operator. Director Spike Lee.
Suzan-Lori Parks. Spike Lee Jimmy as Jimmy. Debi Mazar Girl 39 as Girl Dina Pearlman Girl 19 as Girl Maggie Rush Girl 42 as Girl Desi Moreno Girl 4 as Girl 4. Kristen Wilson Salesgirl 1 as Salesgirl 1. K Funk Salesgirl 2 as Salesgirl 2 as k funk. Debra Wilson Salesgirl 3 as Salesgirl 3.
Naomi Campbell Girl 75 as Girl Gretchen Mol Girl 12 as Girl Spike Lee. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. This Spike Lee film examines the life of an aspiring actress in New York.
She is upset by the treatment of women in the movie industry during one of her screen tests with 'QT'. Out of work and desperate for money, she decides to take a job as a phone-sex operator. Here, unlike her previous dealings with potential employers, her female boss is kind, caring, and sensitive.
Later, she begins to get too engrossed in her work and starts to lose touch with reality, represented by her friend and neighbor, Jimmy. Rated R for explicit sexual dialogue and some nudity. Did you know Edit. Her dress-up scenes are intercut with Lee's versions of the movies and programs that inspired them.
To what purpose? I'm not sure. I hope it's nothing so mundane as to show that she can be many things to many people. There is also a subplot with her friendly neighbor Spike Lee , who cautions her and likes her, but serves no particular purpose in the plot. If he'd been able to fix the second problem, he might have been able to paper over the first one. Strongly told stories have a way of carrying their characters along with them. But here we have an undefined character in an aimless story.
Too bad. Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from until his death in In , he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. Spike Lee as Jimmy. Theresa Randle as Girl. Isaiah Washington as Shoplifter. John Turturro as Murray, The Agent. It was very disturbing to me. That discussion continues into the present.
Lee himself has seen two films that he fought for years to produce end up in the hands of white directors: biopics on Jackie Robinson and James Brown. But Lee spoils all the fun when the film gets a bit too serious in the third act, trying to squeeze in a few too many heavy-handed lesson or two.
Chief among them is the climactic kiss between two main characters, as multicolored telephones drop from the sky in slow motion. Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news!
0コメント