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SENSE/MEMORY: FILMS OF PAUL SCHRADER - Light Sleeper ~ 4:00 PM

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An impressive neo-noir, which sees writer/director Paul Schrader revisit rainswept New York, LIGHT SLEEPER tells of John LeTour (Willem Dafoe), a drug dealer servicing a high-society clientele of Manhattan professionals. When his boss (Susan Sarandon) announces she is going straight and John encounters an old flame he still loves, his life is thrown into crisis. As he becomes involved in a police investigation surrounding a mysterious drug death, John prowls the night-time streets in search of redemption. (Powerhouse Films)

1992 / Sony / dir. Paul Schrader