Review of Drugstore Cowboy (1989) by Nick O — 03 Aug 2012
Leave it to Gus Van Sant to do up a drug film, love story, and modern-day western for the '80s age in a nifty 100-minute foible that holds you shocked, awed, and alive. It's not "Requiem for a Dream", but "Drugstore Cowboy" is some fine-ass filmmaking, with a second half so exhilarating it feels like a trip around the world.
Most of it's in the eyes of addict Bobby Hughes (Matt Dillon), a dude who scratches pills, coke, and dope like it's turntable vinyl. It's a mountaintop cry of a performance. He's never been better.
And "Drugstore Cowboy" is a work of passion and protection. As Bobby screams at a rehab counselor, there's no tricking a junkie's mind off the stuff once it's got a taste of more than the high, but of the high life.
Forward or back-, it's a bitch of a road.
This review of Drugstore Cowboy (1989) was written by Nick O on 03 Aug 2012.
Drugstore Cowboy has generally received very positive reviews.
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