Variety (1983) on Netflix
Christine, an aspiring author, needs work, so she takes a job selling tickets at the Variety, a Times Square porn theater. Her boyfriend Mark is concerned and confused by her interest.
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Plot summary
Christine wants to be a writer and she needs a job badly. Nan, a friend of hers, tells her that the Variety, an adult movie house on Times Square, needs someone at its ticket booth, so Christine takes the work. The pictures on the screen and the men who come to see them hold her attention. Mark, her boyfriend, works as an investigative journalist, and he is concerned and confused about how much her new job means to her. One of the customers, Louie, is a wealthy and mysterious man, and Christine decides to go on a date with him.
Cast
- Richard M. Davidsonas Louie
- Peter Rizzoas Driver
- Lee Tuckeras Projectionist
- Norma Rodriguezas Woman in Bar
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- Sally Rodwellas Woman in Bar
- Peyton Smithas Woman in Bar
- April Andresas Woman in Bar
- Peyton Greenas Woman in Bar
- Norma Angelica Rodriguezas Woman in Bar
- Usharbudh Aryaas Relaxation Tape (voice)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Variety (1983)
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- Bette Gordon asked Kathy Acker to collaborate on the screenplay after the two met, and the film's downtown New York crew included musician John Lurie, cinematographer Tom DiCillo, and photographer Nan Goldin, who also took production stills published in 2009.
- Variety was made on an initial budget of $80,000, supplied by ZDF West German Television, Britain's Channel 4, and the New York State Council.
- Christine Vachon, later a pioneer of the New Queer Cinema movement, worked on Variety as a production assistant.
