简介：TheGoldenBoatisinspiredbyAmericanpoliceseries,mixedwithMexicansoapoperas,andimmersedintheartisticcontextoftheUndergroundArtsceneoftheearly1990sofNewYork.Inthestreet,ayoungstudentofphilosophyandcriticismatTheVillageVoice,IsraelWilliams,meetsAustin,anoldmanhurtanddesperatelyinlovewithasoapoperastar.Althoughhewasstabbedseveraltimes,Austindoesnotseemtobeaffectedbyhisinjuriesandrefusestogotoseeadoctor.HeasksIsraeltohelphimfindhisalienatedson.ThingsgetcomplicatedwhenIsraeldiscoversthattheoldmanturnsouttobeamurderer.Israelissoonlosingitselfinastrangeworldpopulatedbyinternationalcelebrities,Marxistemployees,andpostmodernliterarycritics. ShortlysummedupasanabsurdistodysseythroughdowntownManhattanwithasweetoldserialkiller,astudentrock-musiccritic,andinternationalbohemians.ThefilmiscenteredaroundthecuriousstudentIsraelandtheknife-happyAustin.Criminalsinthefilmaredesensitizedand/ornumb,withthemescentralizedarounddeath,confusion,craziness,cowardiceandloneliness.Therearecertainlymorequestionsraisedthananswersgivenandthenarrativeseemstounfoldinawaythatparallelsthenarrativethatislife.Thefilmisprimarilyshotincolorduringwhichtheaudio,ormusic,seemstounderminethevisualsthroughatechniqueofcuttinginandoutquickly.Ruizjumpsbackandforthquiteabitfromcolortoblackandwhitevisuals,duringwhichthemusicseemstoplayadifferentrole,forduringtheblackandwhiteshotsthemusicseemstoaddtothevisualsinahyper-melodramaticway.…