Keitel plays the lead in this schizophrenic movie in which he is continually pulled by the two conflicting sides of his personality, on the one hand that of a quiet piano virtuoso and on the other a ruthless debt collector for his mobster father. Keitel is introspective as only Keitel can be, really making the audience feel for him and his pained existence.
A powerful film about sex, music and violent crime.
James Toback
Harvey Keitel, Tisa Farrow, Jim Brown, Michael V. Gazzo, Marian Seldes,
USA