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Sex, surreal and entirely original, Milk & Money is the kind of film that is
nearly impossible to pull off, and yet somehow first-time feature
writer/director Michael Bergmann manages to do so with great success.
David, a recent medical school drop-out is walking casually along a New York City Street. Within moments, two different beautiful women - utter strangers, have asked David for enormous favors, one which "could take several years" and one which involves a mysterious package. In each case, amiable David immediately agrees to help. This premise may be preposterous, but the acting is so winning, and the direction so assured, that the view is happily drawn into the film. Soon, David meets more women who make more demands, and becomes involved with the relocation of twenty-one cows, a homeless Texas cattle expert, and a rich man's mistress who has a Ph.D. in medieval literature. Trying to guess how all these fantastical elements tie together is only one of Milk & Money's many gleeful pleasures. 1996, 35mm, Color, 86 Minutes
Producer: Ted Hartley, Michael Bergmann |
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