Drugstore Cowboy [DVD]

A marveltastic film about being a junkie, and stealing your fix from pharmacy drugstores, throughout the United States of America, Matt Dillon, is great in the lead role, and his superstitious he mentality is marvellously portrayed.Also, William Burroughs stars, as an ageing drug addict, writer of novels, Junky, and The Naked Lunch.

I was not expecting it, but this is probably one of the best movies I have ever seen. It is well played, hard scenes are not too hard (therefore avoiding shocking some sensitive people), however the message is given with full strength. It is much more than a road movie. My wife and I have liked it more than later Gus van Sant movies. Additionally, it makes you think. I will buy now the novel from which it has been adapted.

Unlike some tricksy arthouse American indie films of the 80s and 90s, Drugstore Cowboy does not look quaintly dated, and Van Santa's tale of addiction and redemption still packs a blackly comic punch.Matt Dillon was on a serious winning streak in this period and performance as junkie ringleader Bob is amongst his best.

Matt Dillon and Kelly Lynch play a couple that use Heather Grahame and James LeGros to help them stage distraction burglaries at pharmacies in Oregon in the 1970's.Director Gus van Sant paints a numbing and sobering look at their lives, from thwarting cop James Remar and his team, always escaping the seemingly inevitable bust and always looking toward their next big hit. After a drug related death, the second half of the film concerns itself with Dillon getting himself clean.Without the ultra intense visuals that hallmarked the later 'Trainspotting' and 'Requiem For a Dream', van Sant uses time lapsed superimposed images to convey moments of thought and of being high. Matt Dillon in particular portrays the pained intensity of a troubled young man very well and Lynch is good, also, conveying a hard-edged individual.The film never wags any fingers nor blames anybody, or anything. There is no glamour either. Somewhat unlike the other two aforementioned drug movies, there's little squalor or total degradation. No pained or graphic scenes of opiate withdrawal. Drugstore Cowboy doesn't have the roller-coaster ups and downs of those two films, either and we're left with a quality drama that informs as much as it entertains. There's also a smattering of dark humour and a great soundtrack too, that superbly enables the mood.

Classic film... stellar performances all round, and manages to be both bleak and uplifting... may not resonate with everybody, but for those people who can relate in any small way to 'small town' existence and hedonistic lifestyle choices over common sense and conformity, definitely worth watching.

Gr8 film very hard to get now

An almost 30 year classic, with great performances and a great Director

Ace film! One of my top ten!

Un classique de l’époque ça bien vieillie avec le temps

Un classic,plus tout jeune le film.Une histoire de junkies qui dévalisent les pharmacies,à travers les etats unis.Peut-etre d'apres une histoire vrai!? Des accrocs aux medocs il y en a toujours ici et labas.Les drogués en manque qui n'ont pas de quoi se payer de la vrai came,alors ils soulagent leur quotidien avec les médocs,plus facile à avoir.Suffit de braquer les pharmaco et de ne pas se faire goller!C'est une épopée des années soixantedix,faut quant meme le souligner!Et surtout souligner le casting du tonnerre et un Matt Dillon excellent dans ce rôle!

American classic movie that has become a standard for many films to follow. Van Sant indulges us with his trademark extreme close-ups, and by showing the humanity and 'normalness' of professional drug users.

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Film cult di fine anni '80, con un grandissimo attore che corrisponde al nome di Matt Dillon! La pellicola è un lungo percorso all'interno della droga e di chi ne è dipendente, con tutte le sue conseguenze negative che ne comporta, grazie anche all'interpretazione realistica degli attori che rendono questo film un vero e proprio capolavoro!