Movie Description
A Slice Of Life
(1988)Overview
A black comedy dealing with oedipal conflicts, burning hot pizza and disfigurement. A tracking camera reveals a sleeping man named Melvin. In a period-piece dream (of his own childhood?) we see a young mother with a baby carriage and an older, heavy-set man with a cigar. When the carriage rolls down a staircase toward the man, his bulk fortunately stops it and saves the baby. Later, they meet again at a pizza parlor, where hot cheese from the slice he orders inadvertently slides in slow motion onto the baby. The dreamer awakens with a start revealing a face marred by burn scars. Showing the traumatic memory from the pizza parlor
Featured Crew
- Director : William Kent
- Editor : William Kent
- Cast : Carolyn Beauchamp,Garry Bronko Ray,Dai Kornberg,Ed Hubert,Gary Ray,Ara Romanoff
Cast
Mother
Pizza Man
Melvin the Dreamer-terrified sleeper
Heavy-Set man
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Facts
Original TitleA Slice Of Life
Status Released
Release Information
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1988-01-01
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 00h 05m
Production CompaniesBellone Productions
Genres
- Comedy
- Drama
- Thriller
