ALL AMERICAN HUSTLER

Part of Vinegar Syndrome’s extraordinary archive of vintage XXX films.

Director Huck Walker’s unrelentingly bleak vérité portrait of the last few days in the life of a sad L.A. prostitute and her heroin-addicted friend. Seeped in early-'70s Hollywood rot in the mode of PLAY IT AS IT LAYS, this is one tough film -- but highly rewarding, don't let the title fool you. Many of the dialogue scenes have a Cassavetes feel.