Urbania Summary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jon Shear
Genres: Drama
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One of the most talked-about movies of the 2000 Sundance Film Festival, this film, directed by Jon Shear, recalls the edgy, aggressively-political qualities of early '90s queer cinema such as Poison (1991) and Swoon (1991) -- and throws in a few nods to Martin Scorsese's late-night New York City odyssey film After Hours (1985) for good luck. Dashing young yuppie Charlie (Dan_Futterman) is losing control of his life after the loss of his longtime companion Chris (Matt_Keeslar). Alone in his apartment, he can hear his upstairs neighbors (Bill_Sage and Megan_Dodds) engage in noisy lovemaking that leaves him lonely, frustrated, and aroused. He wanders the neon-drenched streets of Manhattan at night as if he were a wraith. Later, at a bar with the amorous couple, the trio get into a loud, ugly argument about public displays of affection. Around this same time, Charlie notices a mysterious, tattooed stranger, and the two exchange looks. Intrigued, Charlie sets out looking for the man, and in the process, he launches himself on a nightmarish journey through the underside of New York. He happens upon an increasingly odd array of people, each telling progressively more bizarre tales that are purportedly true. German actress Barbara_Sukowa appears in a cameo in which she tells Charlie of a sexual tryst she had in a bar's restroom. Alan_Cumming appears as a friend who has a crush on Charlie, while Lothaire_Bluteau plays a stammering bum. Soon reality and fiction, straight and gay all fuse and blur in Charlie's increasingly troubled psyche. Jonathan Crow, Rovi
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