Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Nov 24th at 7pm for Times Square at the Harvard Film Archive. Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.
Allan Moyle’s Times Square stars Trini Alvarado as Pammy, the quiet
and sheltered daughter of a prominent politician, and Robin Johnson as
Nicky, a charismatic streetwise troublemaker. In the film’s
unrealistic but somehow believable urban fantasy, the girls team up,
creating a home for themselves in a warehouse on the West Side piers,
and pursue various wild antics together against the gritty urban
backdrop of Times Square, with Tim Curry’s radio deejay Johnny
LaGuardia presiding over the entire adventure. The original script had
numerous scenes and plot elements that developed a sense of proto-
lesbian romance; these were all significantly cut. Despite the
excision of explicit lesbian content, Nicky and Pammy are decidedly
not interested in boys, and the romantic tone and tension in their
interactions is undeniable. Their anarchic chemistry is also
underscored by one of the greatest rock and roll soundtracks of all
time, featuring Patti Smith, the Pretenders, Talking Heads, the
Ramones, Roxy Music and Suzi Quatro.