The Golden Boat (1991)

6.5/10 • 83 min • Drama Comedy

Overview

Inspired in form by American police TV shows and soap operas, The Golden Boat is a madcap, surreal dash through the streets of New York city, telling the mysterious and often hilarious story of an aged street-person named Austin, a comically compulsive assassin, as he joins up with a young rock critic and philosophy student named Israel Williams. In the course of their adventures, Austin pursues his object of desire - a Mexican soap opera star - and along the way engages a host of TV characters and bit players, whose repartee range from gangsterish insults to the question of God's existence.

Cast

Kathy Acker

Professor

Kate Valk

Amelia Lopes

Jim Jarmusch

Stranger

Barbet Schroeder

Mean Passer-by

Annie Sprinkle

Waitress

Vito Acconci

Swiss assassin

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