The night is never long enough for a cocaine deliveryman who dreams of a better life. Light Sleeper remains a memorable thriller, inspired by the dimly lit streets of a cold, unfeeling Manhattan.
As he did in his most famous writing work with Martin Scorsese (Taxi Driver, Raging Bull), Paul Schrader crafts the portrait of an isolated, fragile man who wants to change his entire fate. In this story of a cocaine deliveryman whose life is upended by the reappearance of his ex-fiancée, Schrader digs even deeper into a cinema centred on solitary people who are forced to endure hostile environments that they’re desperate to escape. A dark film, haunted by the intense gaze of...
Feature film , Drama
UNITED STATES | 103 minutes | 1991
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