{"id":968,"date":"2006-04-19T13:23:50","date_gmt":"2006-04-19T20:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=968"},"modified":"2023-09-21T20:42:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T03:42:28","slug":"after-hours-1985","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=968","title":{"rendered":"After Hours (1985)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Why don&#8217;t you just go home?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Poster-192x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-61630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Poster-192x300.png 192w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Poster-655x1024.png 655w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Poster-82x128.png 82w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Poster-173x270.png 173w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Poster.png 715w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA New Yorker (Griffin Dunne) meets an array of unusual characters while finding himself unable to get home on the worst night of his life.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Black Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Dick Miller Films<\/li>\n<li>Flashback Films<\/li>\n<li>John Heard Films<\/li>\n<li>Living Nightmare<\/li>\n<li>Martin Scorsese Films<\/li>\n<li>New York City<\/li>\n<li>Rosanna Arquette Films<\/li>\n<li>Teri Garr Films<\/li>\n<li>Verna Bloom Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nPeary describes this unusual Martin Scorsese film as a &#8220;loopy paranoia-comedy&#8221;, full of so many &#8220;ridiculous and tragic&#8221; occurrences that it&#8217;s clearly meant to resemble a living nightmare akin to Alice&#8217;s &#8220;bumpy descent into Wonderland.&#8221; It&#8217;s chock-full of hilarious exchanges, memorable moments, and quirky characters &#8212; including Rosanna Arquette as Dunne&#8217;s suicidal date:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Arquette2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Arquette2-1024x575.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-61631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Arquette2-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Arquette2-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Arquette2-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Arquette2-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Arquette2-1536x862.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Arquette2-481x270.png 481w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Arquette2.png 1809w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Linda Fiorentino as Arquette&#8217;s kooky sculptress roommate (who makes plaster-of-paris bagels!):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Fiorentino.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Fiorentino-1024x570.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-61632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Fiorentino-1024x570.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Fiorentino-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Fiorentino-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Fiorentino-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Fiorentino-1536x855.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Fiorentino-485x270.png 485w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Fiorentino-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Fiorentino.png 1837w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Teri Garr as a baggage-laden blonde waitress:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Garr.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Garr-1024x571.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"357\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-61633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Garr-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Garr-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Garr-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Garr-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Garr-1536x856.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Garr-485x270.png 485w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Garr.png 1825w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; John Heard as a menacing bartender:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Heard.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Heard-1024x562.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"351\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-61639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Heard-1024x562.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Heard-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Heard-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Heard-768x422.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Heard-1536x843.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Heard-492x270.png 492w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Heard.png 1831w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Cheech and Chong as a pair of duplicitous thieves:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Cheech-Chong.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Cheech-Chong-1024x563.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"352\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-61635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Cheech-Chong-1024x563.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Cheech-Chong-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Cheech-Chong-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Cheech-Chong-768x422.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Cheech-Chong-1536x844.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Cheech-Chong-491x270.png 491w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Cheech-Chong.png 1803w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and the always delightful Catherine O&#8217;Hara as a well-meaning but ultimately ruinous contact. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-OHara3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-OHara3-1024x574.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-61637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-OHara3-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-OHara3-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-OHara3-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-OHara3-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-OHara3-1536x861.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-OHara3-481x270.png 481w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-OHara3.png 1817w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As Peary notes, Dunne&#8217;s character isn&#8217;t an overly sympathetic protagonist &#8212; indeed, &#8220;he&#8217;s kind of a worm&#8221; &#8212; but &#8220;we can [nonetheless] identify with his plight&#8221; given that he&#8217;s an &#8220;Everyman, with many of our less noble qualities.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Dunne.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Dunne-1024x585.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"366\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-61636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Dunne-1024x585.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Dunne-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Dunne-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Dunne-768x439.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Dunne-1536x877.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Dunne-473x270.png 473w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Dunne.png 1791w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By the end of the film, Dunne learns that he should have stayed home instead of trying to take advantage of a stranger in need.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rosanna Arquette as the sweet but troubled woman Dunne meets in a coffee shop<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Arquette4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Arquette4-1024x557.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-61638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Arquette4-1024x557.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Arquette4-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Arquette4-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Arquette4-768x418.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Arquette4-1536x835.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Arquette4-497x270.png 497w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-Arquette4.png 1841w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Catherine O&#8217;Hara shouting out random numbers as Dunne tries in vain to memorize his friend&#8217;s phone number<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-OHara.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-OHara-1024x562.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"351\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-61634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-OHara-1024x562.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-OHara-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-OHara-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-OHara-768x421.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-OHara-1536x843.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-OHara-492x270.png 492w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/After-Hours-OHara.png 1857w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes. This unusual film is guaranteed to hold your interest, and remains a unique entry in Scorsese&#8217;s oeuvre.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Important Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0088680\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1985\/09\/13\/movies\/after-hours-from-martin-scorsese.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/after-hours-1985-1\">Roger Ebert&#8217;s Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Why don&#8217;t you just go home?&#8221; Synopsis: A New Yorker (Griffin Dunne) meets an array of unusual characters while finding himself unable to get home on the worst night of his life. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Black Comedy Dick Miller Films Flashback Films John Heard Films Living Nightmare Martin Scorsese Films New York City Rosanna Arquette Films Teri Garr Films Verna Bloom Films Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: Peary describes this unusual Martin Scorsese film as a &#8220;loopy paranoia-comedy&#8221;, full&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=968\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=968"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91895,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968\/revisions\/91895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}