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When most people hear my name, they think ofthe city of Baltimore, where I still live.
But few know I have kept a secret apartment in New York City for over three decades.
To see fucked-up foreign movies with frontal nudity thats why.
Its a laugh riot from hell youll never forget, even if you want to.
Its dirty in a soil-like way.
Dicks turn into mythic creatures; men howl like dogs.
Slow, spooky, and poetically fucked up.
In other words, perfect.
Dig it deep, sir.
Not since Paul Morrissey and Joe Dallesandro has there been a director-star connection this hot and unconsummated.
He gets it raw.
No wonder controversy rages about the making of the film.
All I know is two things: The movies fantastic, and Im glad Im not a chicken queen.
An alcoholic factory worker and a lonely supermarket clerk meet by chance and struggle to fall in love.
Its drab, its short, its beautiful, and it lacks nothing.
Just call it Unmagnificent Obsession.
Shut up and love it.
Sometimes its worth it!
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