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I saw this film at its world premiere at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on April 12, 2007. It is horribly written, directed, and put together. There is no plot. It is basically a music video for 90 minutes featuring cars and attractive women. Stay away, stay far away. Also, the sound is randomly really bad. I have no idea why this is, but you'd think they could afford decent microphones with the $25 million dollar budget. Also it is obvious that the movie was made simply because the producer spent his own money to complete the film. There is no way, no possible way, this movie would ever attract outside funding on any level whatsoever. Also, Eddie Griffin is PARTICULARLY forgettable and unfunny. He is this strange representation of mediocre celebrity that is featured routinely on VH-1. No one really thinks Eddie Griffin is talented, no one really thinks he is funny, and no one really thinks he's that popular. Therefore, no one in the business really understands his appeal or why he has a career. He should've disappeared long ago. At least Lindsay Lohan can blame her career's existence on the fact that many men over 30 would like to date her - which is entirely why she has a career - she is unequally untalented. But, Eddie, please stop doing what you 'do'.

Saw film at Los Angeles screening of NYIIFVF. The fight sequence in the end is well choreographed, but overall the acting leaves MUCH to be desired. Also, film looks very 'digital', which hurts some of the dream sequences (they would appear much better on film). One of those 'huh?' festival pieces with a 80's style score. The use of purple throughout film though is well-done, especially on the main character, which conveys an underlying theme of royalty assigned to her (purple being historically a color used by the royal and imperial). The writing is also sub-par, with some of the lines being only slightly original. For example, the 'what you doin' here? I'm talking to my woman!' line was particularly forgettable. Use of color was well-done. My advice: get a writer and better actors, and write a less melodramatic storyline.

I saw the film actually in a Italian Cinema course the writer/director (Vito Zagarrio) was teaching. He showed it and the end of the course due to the curiosity of his students. I took the course at NYU Florence in Italy.

Onto the film, I disagree with the plot summary on the "fairly obvious ending", but judge for yourself. The lead actress is great, the kid opposite her kind of sucks, but the on-location shooting of the film does volumes for it. Not a classic or masterpiece, but interesting to see a "B" Italian movie from the 1980's. Then again, if you have a choice between this one and "La città aperta", go with that one. Also, the soundtrack is unnecessarily cheesy and over-dramatic.