Summaries

In this scathing and subversive social comedy, life in post riot Los Angeles is dissected under the sardonic eye of John Boyz, an unemployed thirty nothing flounderer on Venice Beach who is trying to figure out what to do with his life. John can't be bothered with apathy, but no matter how much he wants to help people, he is too immobilized to do anything useful. Haunted by chronic insomnia and impending sense of doom, all he can do is watch, and John is an avid observer. Through his voyeuristic binoculars, he struggles to make sense of all the alienation and disaffection he sees in his neighborhood. In his journal he meticulously chronicles the mundane down to steadfast march of ants across his kitchen counter. John is desperately trying to keep one meaningless day from blending into next. He compulsively watches homemade videos of LA riots looking for a clue. But everywhere around him the city's social fabric is coming apart at the seams, and now it is John Boys's own threadbare life that's about to unravel.—Strand releasing <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • 1990s
  • los angeles california
  • unemployment
  • man's shirt accidentally rides up
  • venice california
Genres
  • Comedy
Release date Dec 31, 1993
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations Southern California, California, USA
Production companies Front Films

Box office

Gross US & Canada $20031
Opening weekend US & Canada $2604
Gross worldwide $20031

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 36m
Color Color
Sound mix Ultra Stereo
Aspect ratio 1.33 : 1

Synopsis

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