Lulu on the Bridge Movie Review 1998

Jazz saxman Izzy Maurer (Keitel) sinks into depression when he can no longer perform. Walking one night, Izzy stumbles across a dead body and finds no ID--only a phone number and a mysterious stone that emits a blue light. Izzy calls the number, which belongs to actress/waitress Celia (Sorvino), and their first meeting finds them instantly in love (or some variation). Meanwhile, the mysterious Dr. Van Horn (Dafoe) questions Iggy about finding the stone. And things don't get much clearer. First solo directorial effort for Auster, who co-directed Keitel in "Blue in the Face," the spinoff to his screenplay "Smoke."

Distribution

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 104 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Drama, New York, New York, Only the Lonely

Screenplay

Paul Auster

Cast

Harvey Keitel, Mira Sorvino, Willem Dafoe, Gina Gershon, Mandy Patinkin, Vanessa Redgrave, Victor Argo, Kevin Corrigan, Richard Edson

Cinematography

Alik Sakharov

Director

Paul Auster

Music

Graeme Revell

Producer

Peter Newman, Greg Johnson, Amy J. Kaufman, Ira Deutchman, Sharon Harel, Jane Barclay, Redeemable Features, Capitol Films