Fear City

Don’t believe the ratings. This is thematically very interesting. Race, capitalism, the fetishization of black and brown women, the law, and the banality of sex work. Abel Ferrara does New York better than a lot of directors.

Makes a pretty interesting double feature with Primetime for what it’s worth. 

I’d be interested to know how this relates to American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis. Has a lot of the same “New York yuppie coke fueled hedonism and eugenic beliefs about whiteness” stuff.