( 1 ) couldn not watch it for very long . i try because the cinematography be so wonderful but one doesn not want to walk out of the theater whistle the camera work . ( 2 ) not quite bad enough dialogue to make it unintentionally funny and watchable . ( 3 ) not bad enough act too represent ditto the above . actually maria de medeiros be quite good while the combination of her appear to be naive while have an erotic mind be very well do . but uma . oh poor thing . be that a brooklyn accent she be fail to make real . fred ward too and wise guy his way through which make his shallowness the character . a celebrity impersonator . wonder if he can do jimmy cagney or robert de niro . 4 ) quite often an author be not well serve in a movie and in this case the very honest reporter of nitty gritty life and henry miller and be desecrate . would anyone who have never read him be motivate by this movie to do so . i think not .