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A scattershot, confrontational satire that shifts from voyeuristic comedy to abrasive racial provocation, leaving you unsettled and amused in equal measure.

Directed by

Brian De Palma

Genres

Comedy

Starring

Robert De Niro, Jennifer Salt, Allen Garfield

Tagline

God bless our humble upper-middle-class high-rise co-op and keep it free from smut peddlers, militants, urban guerrillas and Greenwich Village liberals.

Overview

Vietnam vet Jon Rubin returns to New York and rents a rundown flat in Greenwich Village. It is in this flat that he begins to film, 'Peeping Tom' style, the people in the apartment across the street. His obsession with making films leads him to fall in with a radical 'Black Power' group, which in turn leads him to carry out a bizarre act of urban terrorism.

How it feels

Satirical, absurd, dark and cynical. Measured and demanding.

About

Race, media, obsession, identity

Content

Strong violence, sexual content and language. Mild gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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