after hours

After hours (1985) is a movie i bought on DVD because i couldn't get my eyes off its cover. This doesn't usually happen to me, but this time i really really liked that image. and i felt inspired by it, cause it seemed like that kind of cover which provides you the insight of the movie, like it's enough to look at it and get an idea on the film's story.

The movie was directed by Martin Scorsese, and there's an interesting story as how he got to direct this movie. The script of the movie was discovered by one of the producers, Amy Robinson, who fell in love with it cause it was amazingly funny. She passed it on to her partner, Griffin Dunne, who laughed out loud as well, while feeling pity for the poor main character. They passed the script forward and obtained two types of reactions: people laughing madly and having the fun of their lives and people throwing the script away, saying that it's unbelievable how many things happen to the guy and they simply cannot stand it. But the result was clear: they were going to produce that movie. They thought about Martin Scorsese, but he was in the middle of directing "The last temptation of Christ" and was, therefore, too busy. Feeling very sorry, Amy remembered having seen a short, Vincent, directed by a young cartoonist named Tim Burton and thought he might like her script. Burton was pleased to accept the offer. But in the mean time, "The last temptation of Christ" project fell apart and Scorsese was surprinsingly available. Therefore, Griffin called Burton in order to try to tell him the news, though not knowing exactly how to put it. It turned out easier than expected, because Burton asked whether they had sent the script to Scorsese first and whether the latter was interested in the movie. And then he just said he would gladly retire, because he would never stand in the way of something Scorsese wanted to develop.

As far as the story is concerned, it suggested me the type of absurd Kafka experience, also reminding me of "The shape of things". And of David Fincher's 1997 "The game". And the music is absolutely extraordionary, it helped create a great atmosphere.