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THE PRICE OF AIR
An Artistic License release of an M&JK presentation. Produced by Zachary Matzo, Thomas Graven, Michael Madison. Executive producers, Lauren Wild, Lisa Larrivee.
Directed, written by Josh Evans. Camera (Color, digital video-to-35mm), Rufus Standefer; editors, Sabine El Chamaa, Fritz Feick; music, Goldie; production designer, Karen Haase; costume designer, Jacqueline Aronson; casting, Cathy Henderson, Dori Zuckerman. Reviewed at Raleigh Studios, L. A., Sept. 28, 2000. (In Vancouver Film Festival.) Running time: 88 MIN.
Paul .................,.......................Josh Evans
Anne ................................ Charis Michelsen
Mr. Ball .............................. Michael Madsen
Mr. Rye ........................Dick Van Patten
Mrs. Rye ......................Michelle Phillips
D ............................................ Sticky Fingaz
Greaser ................................ ... Goldie
Amy Rye ........................Allison Lange
Wally ..............Alexis Arquette
Thumpy ........................Jenna Hoffman
Sugar ........................................ Badja Djola
By SCOTT FOUNDAS
A smug, supercilious movie that seeks to skewer the lives of smug, supercilious people, writer-director Josh Evans' third feature, "'"he Price of Air," wallows in the deviant proclivities of the rich, wearing its rancor like a merit badge. From the caricatured depiction of soulless Los Angeles power players to the sudden bursts of graphic violence, it's obvious that Evans is out to jostle viewers from a perceived societal complacency....