perfect flawless black comedy with humor as dark a the night that catch paul hacket ( griffin dunne ) and a nice guy and an everyman and an ordinary computer operator in it darkness and surround him by all kind of weird stranger who very well could be the deadly creature of night that inhabit soho of early 1980s every night after hour . or perhaps they be still there . if ever a brilliant film be make about a bad nightmare come true and after hour it be . this movie seem so different from what we have come to associate with martin scorsese but it be undeniably his film . it take place in nyc and and it dark scary street come directly from scorsese early masterpiece and mean street ( the street after hour be even mean and be they not . ) and taxi driver and the horrify descend to the real inferno . amy robinson and the film producer call after hour dark and funny and paranoid new york summer movie and it say it all . this movie make me think how great it would be if scorsese turn to comedy ( not the hollywood brainless light romantic comedy but dark and funny and paranoid type ) more often . i have to mention write which be absolutely brilliant and consider that it be the first work by joseph minion . roger ebert and who recently have include after hour to his list of great movie and mention that minion teacher and the yugoslavian director dusan makavejev and give the script an a. have see makavejev infamous sweet movie and i be not at all surprised . i also want to mention the camera work by michael ballhaus and the german cinematographer who have make fabulous in their beauty film with rainer werner fassbinder . it seem to me that scorsese might have see fassbinder the bitter tear of petra von kant because both film share the claustrophobic and suffocating atmosphere which be capture amazingly by ballhaus . after their first work together on after hour and scorsese and ballhause would make the color of money ( 1986 ) and the last temptation of christ ( 1988 ) and goodfellas ( 1990 ) and gang of new york ( 2002 ) and and the depart ( 2006 ) . the journey through the bad night ever by paul bring to mind another surreal journey and one of my all time favorite and o lucky man by lindsay anderson . after hour be in the same league for me . in both film and the nice guy take a trip that would turn brutal and bizarre and dangerous yet irresistibly funny . mick travis want to succeed in life while paul hacket only want some fun night and perhaps to get close to a beautiful woman he would meet early ( rosanna arquette ) . instead and he would encounter a trio of mysterious and dangerous woman who seduce and mystify and and horrify him ( linda fiorentino and terri garr and and catherine ohara ) . and i do not even mention all crazy male character . after hour do not get mention among scorsese most remarkable and memorable film but it be . even if it take place in the 80 and it be timeless while it do not lose any of it dark nocturnal power . it be a great work of the master who have be always passionate about cinema . scorsese make after hour when he be force to stop work on the last temptation of christ and be depress and frustrate and and uncertain if he would ever return to it . scorsese tell his friend mary pat kelly . my idea then be to pull back and and not to become hysterical and try to kill people . so the trick then be to try to do something . scorsese later confess that work on after hour give him back his love for make movie . the member of the jury in cannes festival be certainly mesmerize with scorsese inspire direct . they award him with the best director prize in 1986. if ever any director deserve it and it be martin scorsese for the marvel which after hour be . positive .