Subway Riders (1981)
- Directed by
- Amos Poe
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This 1981 mock-thriller follows a group of eccentric New York City subway passengers. The film uses a semi-abstract style to show strange and threatening encounters on the late-night trains.
no waveabstractjaggeddarkunsettlinggrungydisjointedexperimental
What happens
Subway Riders (also known as Os Viajantes da Noite) is a 1981 American No Wave mock-thriller film directed by Amos Poe. It stars Robbie Coltrane, Susan Tyrrell, Charlene Kaleina, Cookie Mueller, and John Lurie. Screen appearances are also made by Lydia Lunch, Glenn O'Brien, Tony Shafrazi, Tom Wright and Lance Loud. 16mm color cinematography shot by Johanna Heer. The musical soundtrack includes Robert Fripp, Ivan Kral and The Lounge Lizards. The dark jagged mood of this semi-abstract film is heightened by a no wave sax-heavy soundtrack. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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