Girlfriends. Claudia Weill, 1978.
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Edition screened: Criterion Blu-ray #1055, released 2020. English language. Runtime approximately 88 minutes.
Summary: No animals or references to animals in the film.
Come for the very good social realism of this easy-to-watch drama, stay for the generous exterior footage of SoHo in the 70s and one of the most authentic depictions of New York life I recall seeing.
Bonus material on the Criterion BD includes a good discussion with director Weill and actors Melanie Mayron, Christopher Guest, and Bob Balaban, and two short films, both free of animal violence:
• Joyce at 34 (1972, Joyce Chopra and Claudia Weill) a 28-minute documentary about the impact of pregnancy on Chopra’s career.
• Commuters (1970, Eliot Noyes and Claudia Weill) a beautiful 4-minute section from the omnibus project Big Town.