How do you feel about After Hours? How would you compare it to Martin Scorsese's other films? Which films would you recommend to those who loved After Hours? Thanks for watching!
My mom wanted to see After Hours after not seeing it since she took my dad on a date to watch it in theaters. I instantly fell in love with it since it reminded me of working delivery late nights in a college town, usually leaving work at 4:30 or 5 in the morning with no breaks and sometimes no food for 11 hours straight and covered by dirty nasty water from dishes at thr end of the night. You never really know what crap you have to deal with from drunk and high college students to retirement homes to homes in thr countryside with no light besides your headlights or the moon. Sometimes you have to wonder around apartment complexs for minutes to find the right apartment just to get back to the store to see someone urinating on the building. Do the job long enough and just thr idea of listening to music or podcasts or whatever is on the radio can become dull or irritating. By the time you get home, you just want to sleep but your usually too amped up to. I had idolized the idea of a boring 9 to 5 desi job as something out if reach for me because I was so worn down from my job that part of me honestly cheered to see someone else have jump through so many hoops in one night. By the time I left that job after 9 years, I had no idea what do with myself. I was so used to being so amped up and just pissed off at work I felt that release Paul was looking for. I ended up watching After Hours again last year and fell in love with it again. Instead of laughing at Paul, I just knew how he felt, screaming into void of a long, crappy night.
Thank you for sharing this, it's fascinating to read a POV like this and how it related to After Hours too, I could imagine sharing in Paul's frustration once you've lived that similar life. I always appreciate your thoughtful comments! :)
I saw this coincidentally just a week or two ago for the first time! The Beau is Afraid comparison makes a ton of sense. I didn't like it as much as I'd hoped, but I'll put it in the watchlist to give it another shot. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown fits the same kind of silent film era serendipity logic, I think, could be wrong though.
That's understandable, I hope After Hours (and Beau Is Afraid) work better for you on a second watch, but no shame if they don't! Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown is such a good comparison, so much amps up in that film through unlikely coincidence - it'll be one I'll plan on re-watching soon! :)
