Review of Gas Food Lodging (1992) by Samantha S — 29 Mar 2016
As meditation on growing up poor and female, this double edged sword challenges stereotypes of class, gender and race as portrayed on film. Director Allison Anders gives us a private look into a corner of American life not usually discussed on the big screen.
She tells not only her story, but the stories of all the unrepresented single women and people of color struggling to make their way in American. Life shattering circumstances occur every day in this look at female coming of age in the 1990s.
Great performances all around with nuance and conflict. Anders must be held among her Sundance peers (Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson, Joel and Ethan Coen) as one of the premiere filmmakers of the American Independent Film Movement.
Film schools take note, teach her stories, share her films. Studios #HireTheseWomen!
This review of Gas Food Lodging (1992) was written by Samantha S on 29 Mar 2016.
Gas Food Lodging has generally received positive reviews.
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