i must confess up front to a favorable bias toward time square . just before it release i recall see the trailer and be win over by the scene in the hospital where nikki begin eat the flower . since this be only about 10 second into the trailer it be fair to say that i immediately connect with the film . the same trailer be include with the dvd and i be happy to see that my memory of the event be accurate . after see the actual feature i go out and buy the double album and which i still own . i know more about film now than i do 25 year ago and thanks to the dvd commentary ( by director allen moyle and robin johnson who play nikki ) i now know a lot about what go into the making of time square . unfortunately robin co star trini alvarado ( pammy ) be not available for the commentary . although most viewer consider nikki the central character and nikki really need pammy to play off ( much like charlize theron need christina ricci reaction shot in monster ) and plus pammy scene without nikki be some of the best in the film and pammy be the character who undergo all the change in the story and so you can not really say that one of them be more important than the other . time square suffer the same fate that orson well the magnificent ambersons do 40 year earlier . the producer take control of the final cut and re shot some scene and delete others and and release a version that do not reflect the director vision . apparently no one have ever be able to find the deleted footage for either film . although time square be butcher even more than ambersons and it seem to have be less damage . in part that be because the originally intend version would never have approach the perfection of the original amberson . perhaps more importantly and time square have a haskel wexler gritty documentary style that simply transcend the narrative element of the story . so change to the storyline could not take away from it basic ambiance nor from it preservation of the look of 1979 time square something that be even then a ghost world . moyle now wish he have not leave the production after a dispute over include additional song ( so they could have a double album ) because his continued presence would at least have have some damage control value . producer robert stigwood ( saturday night fever and say alive and jesus christ superstar and sgt . pepper lonely hearts club band ) be determine to release yet another of his musical exploitation film design to make a lot of money on the soundtrack . this account for the inclusion of the completely inappropriate help me ( the bee gee ) and the movie actually go out on that song although they switch to something more appropriate midway through the credit . the commercialization of the film also include drop all obvious hint of a lesbian relationship between the two girl . this be probably a commercial mistake because a public controversy might have actually increase attendance . ironically and if the lesbian angle have remain moyle would have be accuse of exploitation because it be really unnecessary for the storyline . likewise the script change need when alvarado refuse to dance topless save moyle from look like an exploiter . while what survive have major continuity and character development issue and the core of the story may actually work well . two emotionally damage girl polar opposite bond and help each other . it end with altman cool kansa city twist where the seemingly weak girl become protective of the tough girl . i like the way that pamela father finally get it and back away and let her continue to help nikki until she feel that nikki can continue without her . you first realize how strong and together nikki have make pammy by the end of my favorite montage sequence . after order her out and nikki trash their room and try unsuccessfully to commit suicide and and completely break down at the radio station . inter cut with this be a shot of pammy stand outside her father home . at the station nikki be scream pammy over and over a they agree to do earlier in the film in moment of total despair . the audio of these scream be extend into the morning after establish shot of their dock building . johnny come into the seemingly empty room and lift the blanket reveal a peacefully sleep pammy suck her thumb she have return to help nikki . another highlight be the scene i already mention of nikki eat the flower in their hospital room . what make this work be it point of view dynamic . moyle artfully connect u to pammy for the first time by allow u to see nikki from her pov . later he place u back into pammy pov a nikki non verbally convince pammy to leave the hospital with her . the hospital exit scene only work credibility wise because the first scene set u up for it . finally there be nikki people dig dyin on me line .