Richard Roundtree as detective John Shaft in a brown leather jacket & beige turtleneck, walking down a crowded pavement in New York City. Near him, someone is holding a sign that says “I GOT MY JOB THROUGH THE NEW YORK TIMES”. For some reason, the sign has a cartoon of a smiling duck wearing a boater.
Plot: Paris, France, 1935, and a young actress has just been acquitted of murdering a famous French Producer. However, this is where the story just begins. Is she really innocent?, or has she gotten away with Murder?
It was a bit hard to take Bela Lugosi seriously at first, because I’ve seen him parodied so much more than I’ve actually seen him. But the film soon managed to build tension and was full of beautiful shots and scenery.
The story of a young mother (Jasmine Trinca) with a failed marriage behind her, who fights daily for her dream to open a hair salon, challenging her fate in an effort to free herself, gain independence, and claim her right to happiness.
A commercial disaster, which caused the maverick director to stop making and go into depression; this semi autobiographical film about the rise and fall of a director would only get critical acclaim decades later.
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