Less Than Zero (1987)

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"Character: Julian Wells"

Favorite Drama Films: 1986-1987 (80 movies items)

" irected by: Marek Kanievska Produced by: Jon Avent, Marvin Worth, and Jordan Kerner Written by: Harley Peyton Based on the novel by: Bret Easton Ellis Cinematography: Edward Lachman Edited by: Peter E. Berger and Michael Tronick Music by: Thomas Newman Distributed by: 20th Century Fox"

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"by Elvis Costello"

Best Films of 1987 (65 movies items)

"Depressing but so rightfully moody in that 80s sort of way."

1 - Robert Downey Jr.! (48 movies items)

"12 His performance really surprised me in this movie. It's an old one and I didn't expect it to be that good. He played a coke addict who was trying to get clean. He was savagely gorgeous but some of it was hard to watch. He was really very good, it was disturbing. Aside from that he was very energetic and fun though he did go through a lot of the movie trying to scheme money from people. From all the pretty actors that I've liked this actor again made me see what real beauty and talent loo"

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"12/16 "

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"LIFE SUPPORT Robert Downey Jr. In written form, Less Than Zero is a thing of brusque cruelty. Its cinematic counterpart is icier, but its frenzied sentimentality is maybe a little more human. The book’s characters are faceless blurs, captured in stark, clear, English. Their screen personae, however, are clearly frail and fractured. The film depicts real youth with unreal privilege. It’s a neon flood of gauche fashion and loud music, almost unbearably rooted to its time. However, it continues"

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"Partygoer / Preppie Guy at Fight"