After Hours

After Hours

1985. USA. Directed by Martin Scorsese. In this zany entry in Scorsese’s New York catalog, office drone Paul Hackett is thrust into a “yuppie nightmare cycle” after meeting the electrifying Marcy Franklin (Rosanna Arquette). Plummeting into a humiliating series of mishaps involving artists, punks, and plaster, Paul’s Kafkaesque descent is a surreal journey into the depths of downtown nightlife. Today, Scorsese’s vision plays like a time capsule of pre-Giuliani New York and a tribute to a vanished Soho that’s been displaced to the outer boroughs. 97 min.