n. b. spoiler within . this be an underrated and sublimely realize black comedy by the ( at the time ) struggle scorcese . there be a perfect balance here between the big picture uptown white collar insurance guy out of his league in night time bohemian soho and infinite number of detail within . scorcese have take a great script by joseph minion and craft a piece of comedy and suspense and self exploration and plenty of twist and and interpersonal discovery . our lead and paul hackett ( the subtle and brilliant griffin dunne ) be the most hapless hero to grace the screen in a long time . whatever can go wrong do go wrong . a paul step into the next venture and there be no tell what will come of it . the script keep the viewer constantly on edge and clueless a to what to expect next . paranoia become rampant . the music that frame the picture a youthful symphony by mozart defines the outwardly tidy guideline of paul world ( number crunching and computer interfacing ) . but even the small glimpse we get of that world say that all be not right . the trainee whom paul be oversee ( a small part for bronson pinchot see true romance ) hat the job and want out of it . then there be that tell moment where paul look around him and watch everything flow by in it idiosyncratic motion . the quick vision be both sexy and unsettling . he have a momentary insight and but exactly into what . be his whole life here empty and pointless . be he bore out of his mind . scorcese never let u know for sure . but then paul meet marcy in the diner and the fun begin . we can not know if murphy law applies to paul all the time and but it certainly do on this fateful night . there be a flat out poetic shot of paul sole 20 dollar bill float from the cab into oblivion and and this be just the beginning . this bring up my first observation and though and on scorcese represent his stunning and beautiful camera work . it flow and it jump and it liquid and now it interrupt jarringly . the whole effort contributes to the anxious nature of the story and of how paul never feel completely ground while he out of his territory . the multitude of character that paul meet be all convoluted story unto themselves . kiki ( a smoking hot linda fiorentino where have she go . ) and marcy artist roommate and and the ultimate 80 bohemian while her leather bound friend horst ( a menacing will patton ) while the nice waitress ( teri garr ) with more baggage than paul can handle while gail ( the hilarious catherine ohara ) who will turn on paul in a big way while tom the bartender ( john heard ) and himself a ticking time bomb while cheech and chong and industrious through the long night and and the solution to who the bad soho burglar be while but especially there marcy ( the luscious rosanna arquette ) . she be sweet and good hearted and ditsy and but full of dark secret . a lot of these be spill and others only suggest . the rape story and for example . hard to understand until you have see it and but it full of comedy . arquette play marcy just right and a girl who be just short of be completely unhinge and but who still stumble ahead smoothly and confidently if not a good bit clueless ly . this be one unique character . her suicide contributes much to paul emotional weight how exactly do he contribute to it .  and also to the comedy be so black . after hour occupy an era that be pre atm and cell phone and but there be checker cab and subway token and gritty artist loft and and rotary phone . punk be king . the picture strike me a be linear and yes and but also kaleidoscopic represent paul meet and re meet the same character throughout and but each time this happen and his circumstance have take a new turn . the story be also full of strange detail that help knit the whole together . an example represent the subject of burn and scar . there be this brief focus on burn and burn treatment . marcy cream and her trip to the drugstore to get it and the book of gruesome picture that paul can not keep himself from . then marcy float back in ( he slam the book shut ) and what be she hold . a candle with a huge flame . ha . it detail like these that make the movie feel so integrated . ( even kiki tell paul she have horrible and ugly scar . ) finally and and this part be truly sick and once marcy be dead under the sheet and paul can not help but inspect her body for those suspected burn mark . ugh i have to mention the last of paul meeting and when there be absolutely nowhere else to turn represent june and at the club ( verna bloom ) and seem to be the only person who truly understand his predicament and who help to finally rescue him and but her mean be highly suspicious . be she also try to kill him . what a stroke . one of the key theme of the flick be that everyone paul encounter be for the moment his savior and but who soon lead him into more trouble than he already have . it be paul or upper east side or try his best versus the nighttime or living on the fly or downtown mentality and and after hour place the two mindset at opposite end of the universe . scorcese and temporarily abandon the beleaguer last temptation and hit the mark spot on with this wonderful comedy . in the process he prove his love for the medium and not to mention love all the memorable character that inhabit the wacky and unpredictable story . i also think this be griffin dunne pinnacle represent he perfectly inhabit a role where everything be fall apart around him but where he hang on and find something inside that keep plug on until the sun rise again . polish and inspire and funny and and disturb film make . highly recommended .