“退屈な人生にさようなら... 醒めた心に危険な匂いー”
ビバリー・ヒルズのプール付き豪邸に生まれ、セックス＆ドラッグ＆ロックン・ロールをあたかも空気のように吸い込んで生活する若者たちの”ゼロより少ない青春”。トレンドの下に隠された哀しさが露になる時、ゼロ・ゼネレーションは音をたてて崩れ落ちていく。
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製作費: $8,000,000 (12億円)
興行収入: $12,396,383 (19億円)
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監督: Marek Kanievska
脚本: Harley Peyton / Bret Easton Ellis
音楽: トーマス・ニューマン
制作: Jon Avnet / Marvin Worth / Jordan Kerner
撮影監督: エドワード・ラックマン
制作会社: Amercent Films / American Entertainment Partners L.P. / 20th Century Fox
RELEASED IN 1987 and directed by Marek Kanievska, "Less than Zero" is a drama about a trio of rich 18 year-olds from Los Angeles. After graduation, one goes off to college (Andrew McCarthy), but returns for Christmas break wherein he finds his ex-girlfriend (Jami Gertz) and, especially, his buddy (Robert Downey Jr.) struggling with drug addiction in the Beverly Hills fast lane. James Spader plays a smug high society dealer. This is the furthest thing from typical 80’s youth flicks, like “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” “The Karate Kid,” “Valley Girl,” “Footloose” and “Can’t Buy Me Love” (where there’s, admittedly, a lot of range). “Less than Zero” has the epic, artsy style of Francis Ford Coppola films like “The Outsiders” and “Rumble Fish” (both from 1983) meshed with the chic melancholy of “Poison Ivy” (1992). My main issue is that it takes too long to get absorbed into the characters and their story. The filmmaking is gorgeous, however, which is ironic because this is a really downbeat movie. Gertz is fine, but she never did anything for me, while McCarthy is serviceable as the main protagonist, yet rather bland in a goody-goody way. Both Downey Jr. and Spader, however, de-shine in their roles (in a good way). If you favor arty, glum movies you might like this better than me, but it’s nowhere near as effective as “Poison Ivy,” a similar artsy, gloomy flick. The movie runs 1 hour 38 minutes and was shot in the Los Angeles area, including Malibu. WRITERS: Bret Easton Ellis (novel) and Harley Peyton (screenplay) GRADE: C+
