New Year's Day (1989)
Directed by Henry Jaglom
Sub-Genres - Psychological Drama |
Release Date - Dec 13, 1989 (USA) |
Run Time - 89 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Filmmaker Henry Jaglom plays the leading male role in his characteristically gabby New Year's Day. Jaglom is a writer who insists upon asking disturbing and intrusive questions to the revellers at a New Year's Eve party. His inclusion in the story is explained by having him sublet a California apartment where the previous attendants show no signs of leaving. The crazy-quilt Dramatis Personae include lesbian PR-agent Gwen Welles, erstwhile actress/activist Maggie Jakobson, and lustful fashion-photographer Melanie Winter. Periodically interrupting the steady stream of spontaneous-sounding conversation between these three is Jakobson's randy boyfriend David Duchovny and famed Czech director Milos Forman as a janitor (!). As always, Henry Jaglom is a matter of taste, but you'll very likely want to see New Year's Day for a glimpse at a pre X-Files David Duchovny.
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apartment, bachelor, guest, party, relationship, sex, tenant, writing