Meet Tip, Pam, Larry, Kit, Dusty, Sweets McGee and nameIess, aimIess more with young faces and oId eyes. Meet them, but don't get too attached. Because tomorrow some of them may not be alive. Most of the people who appear in his astonishing semidocumentary about the daily life of Los AngeIes heroin abusers are real-life addicts, caught up in an endIess cycIe of stealing, hustIing, jaiI time, shooting up, and coming down - hard. Directed by Floyd Mutrux (American Hot Wax), with graphic cinematography by William A. Fraker (Bullitt), Dusty and Sweets McGee is "a fiIm in its own category. There are Iong stretches during which it's hard to take your eyes off the screen" (Mick LaSalle, San Francisco ChronicIe). |