Glam (1997)

Director:

Josh Evans

Writer:

Josh Evans (writer)

Release Date:

8 May 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Traveling from the backwoods to Los Angeles to visit his cousin, a writer discovers a world of sex, drugs, crime and violence revolving around a beautiful young woman and her mobster boyfriend. |

Plot Keywords:

Drugs | Nude Camel Toe | Independent Film

Cast

William McNamara	...	Sonny Daye
Frank Whaley	...	Franky Syde
Natasha Gregson Wagner	...	Vanessa Mason
Valérie Kaprisky	...	Treasure
Tony Danza	...	Sid Dalgren
Lou Cutell	...	Sandy Silver
Thomas D. Adelman	...	Bud Silver
Caroline Lagerfelt	...	Joleen Lemon
Robert DoQui	...	Don Mallon
Muriel Lynne	...	Grandma
Billye Ree Wallace	...	Bobo (as Billye Ree Williams)
Ricky Trammell	...	Genty
Jon Cryer	...	Jimmy Pells
Ali MacGraw	...	Lynn Travers
Jorge Dallinger	...	Pool Attendant

Also Known As:

Gangster Glam (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated NC-17 for a scene of explicit sexuality and some sexual dialogue.

Runtime:

USA:92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:R | USA:NC-17

Filming Locations:

Azusa, California, USA

Company:

Cineville

Trivia:

Producer 'Carl-Jan Colpaert' removed his name from "Glam" when Emerson Bixby suggested they edit forty minutes from anywhere in the film and replace all dialogue with rock music, so they could at least market it as background fodder to German rock bands.

What was this supposed to be?

If anyone who has seen this movie has any idea what on earth this was then please post a comment because I am absolutely baffled. 'Glam' is the most incomprehensible trash that I have ever seen.

The only thing that I can think of is that the director wanted to criticize Hollywood for its lack of spirituality. But if you were to make a movie of this theme, would you make it like this?? I hope not. Sex, offensive language, drug use, violence. This would be the Natural Born Killers approach to wallow in the things that you claim to be criticizing. I got the feeling that the strippers scene was added for no other reason than that the director wanted an NC-17.

The movie itself is painful. The direction is terrible. The use of brash colors makes the film hard to look at. Yet the worst is the characters who are mostly a bunch of strange pathetic retards who just wont shut up. All they do is talk talk talk, to themselves mostly, repeating themselves over and over until you just want to throw a brick through your TV just to make them shut up. It did seem to be dreadfully acted, but seeing as I have no idea about what the director wanted to do with this film, perhaps I shouldn't be so quick to judge. Maybe they put in the years best performances as annoying, loud mouth, deliberate bad actors, in movie made to make you think it had a point. See the film, and you'll realize that is a lot more plausible than you might have thought - but then again, for god's sake don't see the film!

Without a doubt, the worst film I have ever seen. Tony Danza - what happened to you sunshine?