VERY DESPERATE
1979, USA, Black & White, 97 minutes
Written and directed by Jayden Kane
Starring Jim Sagem, Ghana O'Hara, Mern Forrie'
A frankly entertaining examination of the pitfalls and small joys of petty corruption and small business in small town America. The dialogue is a masterful example of what can be achieved when suggestive wording is almost, but not quite taken too far. It spawned a generation, or at least a year, of annoying encounters with one's friends as they fumbled the lines in order to repeat the pop culture references. Sigh.
Not to be missed - when James encounters Mary at the Bus Station and well known pornographer Xantos makes a cameo as a traffic policeman.
Reviewed by Juan Incognito
