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Desperately Seeking Susan (Susan Seidelman, 1985)
Roberta (Rosanna Arquette) is a bored housewife who vicariously finds romance following the newspaper personal ads of "Susan" and "Jim", so one day, Roberta decides to take a walk on the wild side and go into NYC, using the personal as her "map" to find out who this Susan is. Susan turns out to be Madonna, and after following her around the streets for a bit, Roberta sees her swap her jacket for some boots at a clothing store. Roberta immediately buys the jacket, and crazy things start to happen from here on in. Jim (Robert Joy) gets worried when Susan doesn't show for their assignation, so he enlists the help of his projectionist friend Dez (Aidan Quinn) to try to find out what happened to her. Dez finds Roberta, just after she's been mugged, and since she's wearing Susan's jacket and can't seem to remember who she is because of the attack, Dez assumes she's Susan. But, these rough guys are still after them and the only clue to why seems to be a key inside the pocket of Susan's jacket.
This is an indie film, and although today people seem to look down upon it as some sort of Madonna hype movie, she is very good in the film but certainly not the main character. It continues to be an offbeat romantic comedy thriller with a few allusions to character transferral, but it's honestly very unpretentious. I'm sorry, Used Future, but I knew you had a question concerning a movie shown early on in the film, but I waited until after watching it to see what the question was. I couldn't especially make out that film shown in the theatre, but I'm prepared for the next time it comes on.
Roberta (Rosanna Arquette) is a bored housewife who vicariously finds romance following the newspaper personal ads of "Susan" and "Jim", so one day, Roberta decides to take a walk on the wild side and go into NYC, using the personal as her "map" to find out who this Susan is. Susan turns out to be Madonna, and after following her around the streets for a bit, Roberta sees her swap her jacket for some boots at a clothing store. Roberta immediately buys the jacket, and crazy things start to happen from here on in. Jim (Robert Joy) gets worried when Susan doesn't show for their assignation, so he enlists the help of his projectionist friend Dez (Aidan Quinn) to try to find out what happened to her. Dez finds Roberta, just after she's been mugged, and since she's wearing Susan's jacket and can't seem to remember who she is because of the attack, Dez assumes she's Susan. But, these rough guys are still after them and the only clue to why seems to be a key inside the pocket of Susan's jacket.
This is an indie film, and although today people seem to look down upon it as some sort of Madonna hype movie, she is very good in the film but certainly not the main character. It continues to be an offbeat romantic comedy thriller with a few allusions to character transferral, but it's honestly very unpretentious. I'm sorry, Used Future, but I knew you had a question concerning a movie shown early on in the film, but I waited until after watching it to see what the question was. I couldn't especially make out that film shown in the theatre, but I'm prepared for the next time it comes on.