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rogerebert.suntimes.com - : ''Desperately Seeking Susan'' does not move with the self-confidence that its complicated plot requires. But it has its moments, and many of them involve the different kinds of special appeal that Arquette and Madonna are able to generate. They are very particular individuals, and in a dizzying plot they somehow succeed in creating specific, interesting characters. more...
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apolloguide.com - : “Desperate” is a word frumpy New Jersey housewife Roberta Glass ( Rosanna Arquette ) finds “romantic.” So she’s hooked on the ongoing soap opera that plays out in the personals section of the New York Mirror: a series of ads from “Jim,” who is “DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN.” Her curiosity gets the better of her one day, and she shows up at a Battery Park rendezvous that Jim ( Robert Joy ) has requested with Susan ( Madonna). more...
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www-tech.mit.edu - : In 1983 I reviewed Susan Seidelman's first feature film, Smithereens, a rambling tale set in the seedy world of the New York punk underground. It follows the adventures of a girl named Wren whose only desire is for fame, even though she has no talent. Made for only $80,000, it was an unpolished work. Nonetheless it was hailed as a feminist breakthrough, and won a Best Debut award at Cannes. Seidelman parleyed her newly gained notoriety into a deal with Orion Pictures to direct a low priority project that had been on their corporate back burner for a while, a script entitled Desperately Seeking Susan. more...
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