What About Me (film) explained

What About Me is a 1993 American film drama starring, written, and directed by Rachel Amodeo^[1] about a young woman who becomes homeless on the streets of New York City.^[2]

Cast

• Rachel Amodeo
• Richard Edson
• Johnny Thunders
• Nick Zedd
• Gregory Corso
• Richard Hell
• Dee Dee Ramone
• Judy Carne
• Rockets Redglare
• Jerry Nolan

Reception

Critical reaction

Aaron Hillis, reviewing the film for The Village Voice in 2014, writes "Come for the cult of personality, stay for the nostalgia of a dirtier, dodgier, far cooler scene.".^[3] In 2023, The New Yorker ranked the film #64 in its listing of "The Greatest Independent Films of the Twentieth Century."^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Home Is Where the Park Is . wsj.com . May 7, 2011 .
2. A Drama of Survival in the East Village . . December 2017 .
3. Web site: 1993's What About Me Promises Nostalgia for the Dirtier, Dodgier Old Days of the Lower East Side. 30 July 2014 . The Village Voice . July 30, 2014.
4. Web site: The Greatest Independent Films of the Twentieth Century. 28 April 2023 . The New Yorker . May 9, 2023.