Capital Celluloid 2018 - Day 115: Fri May 4

Mike's Murder (Bridges, 1984): BFI Southbank, NFT2, 8.45pm


This 35mm presentation, which is also being screened on May 11th (details here), is part of the 'Lost in America' season at BFI Southbank. You can find all the details of the season, taglined 'The Other Side of Reagan's 80s' here.

BFI Southbank introduction:
Los Angeles has rarely seemed more unsettling than in James Bridges’ unjustly neglected thriller, which conveys the physical dislocation and lonely anonymity behind the glitz of that freeway-crossed city. Debra Winger gives a superb performance as Betty, whose on-off relationship with wayward Mike (Keyloun) exposes her to a world of drugs, decadence and violence. A genuine rediscovery.


Here (and above) is the trailer.

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