Mixed Blood (1985 film)
Mixed Blood is a 1985 film directed by Paul Morrissey and John Leguizamo's film debut.
| Mixed Blood | |
|---|---|
 DVD Cover | |
| Directed by | Paul Morrissey |
| Produced by | Alain Sarde Mark Slater |
| Written by | Alan Bowne Paul Morrissey |
| Starring | Marília Pêra Geraldine Smith |
| Music by | Coati Mundi |
| Cinematography | Stefan Zapasnik |
| Edited by | Scott Vickrey |
Production company | Sara Films Set Satellite |
| Distributed by | Cinevista |
Release date | 18 October 1985 (USA) |
Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
Rita La Punta (Marília Pêra) leads a gang of underaged Brazilian kids in an attempt to seize control of New York's Lower East Side's drug trade from a Puerto Rican gang.
Principal cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Marília Pêra | Rita La Punta |
| Richard Ulacia | Thiago |
| Rodney Harvey | Jose |
| Linda Kerridge | Carol |
| Geraldine Smith | Toni |
| Angel David | Juan |
| Roberto Luis Santana | Assassin |
Critical reception
Vincent Canby of The New York Times enjoyed the film:
Paul Morrissey continues to be a cinema original and his Mixed Blood, a most unorthodox look at life in the drug trade on New York's Lower East Side, is successively comic, brutal, primitive and sophisticated - a comedy with the manners of a live-action cartoon for jaded adults.[1]
However, the reviewer at Time Out did not care for it:
[The film is] Often taken for black comedy, its lurid visuals, ragbag assortment of performance styles, and the succession of ambushes, escapes and showdowns suggest something closer to Victorian melodrama.[2]
References
- Tomatoes
- "Cocaine Review. Movie Reviews - Film - Time Out London". Timeout.com. Retrieved 26 July 2010.