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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786301415842
Format: NTSC
ISBN: 6301415841
Label: Columbia/Tri-Star
Manufacturer: Columbia/Tri-Star
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Columbia/Tri-Star
Release Date: September 28, 1989
Running Time: 124 minutes
Sales Rank: 40257
Studio: Columbia/Tri-Star
Theatrical Release Date: 1989-03
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A total misdirection by James Ivory. 125 minutes of dull,dull,dull!!!
This film with it's enormous cast of talented actors portraying and poking fun at the Bohemian life of artists and their world in 1980's New York City is a totally not-funny, misdirected dull and completely annoying piece of pretentious story telling. It is a total waste of 125 minutes of life.Perhaps in the hands of Robert Altman, this film might have moved cleverly,but James Ivory is totally out of his or any element trying to make this film breathe with any form of artistic life or sensibility.This ... Read More
Rating:  - Quintessential New York
If you dog it, you've obviously never dared to live it. This movie is true poetic genius on all fronts.
One of my all time favorite films.
Rating: - A Subtle, Dry Masterpiece
I first saw Slaves of New York when it was originally released quite some time after reading the book. I was drawn into the world of the 80's NYC Art Scene. The film is a bit austere, but I think that helps viewer's relate to Eleanor's (Bernadette Peters)struggle in life as an outsider-that she never gets the joke. Bernadette gives a rich and nuanced performance as Eleanor. She is the reason for seeing the film. She vacillates between giddy joy, depression, heartbreak, and triumph. Her introverted Eleanor ... Read More
Rating:  - Bad decisions all around
Hopelessly stiff in some parts, and unfunny in others, "Slaves of New York" doesn't have any center. James Ivory was perhaps a poor choice as a director; there is a restrained quality to the movie and nothing seems spontaneous. Ivory seemed to be trying for his own Altmanesque collage; the truth is, Altman should have been the one to direct this in the first place.
The casting isn't much better: Bernadette Peters does what she can with the role of Eleanor but she's too old for the part. Mercedes ... Read More
Rating: - The Artist's Life of the '80s
I have to admit. This is the movie that made me want to drop everything and move to NYC to become an artist/writer/hat designer/club kid. Of course, I was 16 when I first saw it and wasn't going to be leaving my Colorado suburban abode anytime soon. But it still inspired me to one day visit NYC and run into the same characters in this movie. Not only is the story entertaining, but the movie style is indeed unique.
My only request: PLEASE MAKE THIS AVAILABLE ON DVD!
I would love to see bonus DVD material ... Read More
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Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786301415842
Format: NTSC
ISBN: 6301415841
Label: Columbia/Tri-Star
Manufacturer: Columbia/Tri-Star
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Columbia/Tri-Star
Release Date: September 28, 1989
Running Time: 124 minutes
Sales Rank: 40257
Studio: Columbia/Tri-Star
Theatrical Release Date: 1989-03