Movie #24

The Panic in Needle Park



Finally saw vintage Al Pacino in The Panic in Needle Park. I liked a lot of things about the film: The setting, early 70s New York City… Kitty Winn, who plays Al’s girlfriend and is a very convincing emaciated junkie – she apparently quit acting in films in 1978 (according to imdb.com)… Al, of course, who is cute as a button, in spite of being too healthy-looking for a chronic junkie…
Didn’t like the pacing (it was a little slow, but I suppose that’s the point). The print was really, really old and washed-out. But I enjoyed the screening nonetheless.