Shadows in the City Backdrop Blur
Shadows in the City Poster

Shadows in the City

Paul Mills is a miserable, lonely man leading a meaningless existence in a nameless city and has visions of the Spirit of Death waiting to collect him while having encounters with various people while seeking solace for his short life knowing it will end soon. Shadows in the City was the last major work of New York’s 1980s No Wave film scene. Shot over seven years in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens, painter-performer Ari Roussimoff’s only fiction feature captures the urban desolation of the city in the decade before gentrification.

Top Cast

  • Craig Smith

    Craig Smith

    Paul Mills

  • Bruce Byron

    Bruce Byron

    Frankie

  • Jack Smith

    Jack Smith

    Spirit of Death

  • Emile de Antonio

    Emile de Antonio

    Mystic

  • Annie Sprinkle

    Annie Sprinkle

    Ex-Girlfriend

  • Taylor Mead

    Taylor Mead

    Father

  • Valerie Caris

    Valerie Caris

    Prostitute

  • Brinke Stevens

    Brinke Stevens

    Fortune Teller

  • Nick Zedd

    Nick Zedd

    Demagogue

Overview

Paul Mills is a miserable, lonely man leading a meaningless existence in a nameless city and has visions of the Spirit of Death waiting to collect him while having encounters with various people while seeking solace for his short life knowing it will end soon. Shadows in the City was the last major work of New York’s 1980s No Wave film scene. Shot over seven years in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens, painter-performer Ari Roussimoff’s only fiction feature captures the urban desolation of the city in the decade before gentrification.

Rating

10.0 / 10
1 Reviews
0 Popular

Recommendations