The Loveless 1981 M
When
8.15 pm, Wed 14 Apr 2021 (85 mins)About
Kathryn Bigelow’s ice cool co-directed debut film stars Willem Defoe in his first leading role. In the film he plays Vance, an outlaw biker in a gang of drifters making their way to the races in Daytona. A small town stop leads to friction with locals and a bender of sex and violence ensues. This independent gem evokes the rebels of 1950s Americana with both curious nostalgia and a detached revisionism.
M | Moderate violence, Moderate sexual references, Suicide theme
Production Credits
- Directors: Kathryn Bigelow, Monty Montgomery
- Script: Kathryn Bigelow, Monty Montgomery
- Cinematographer: Doyle Smith
- Editor: Nancy Kanter
- Print Source: American Genre Film Archive, Austin
- Rights: Park Circus
- Year: 1981
- Runtime: 82 minutes
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Colour: Colour
- Shooting Format: 35mm
- Screening Format: DCP