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Mixed Blood 
DVD CoverDirected by Paul Morrissey Produced by Alain Sarde
Mark SlaterWritten by Alan Bowne
Paul MorrisseyStarring Marília Pêra
Geraldine SmithMusic by Coati Mundi Cinematography Stefan Zapasnik Editing by Scott Vickrey Studio Sara Films
Set SatelliteDistributed by Cinevista Release date(s) 18 October 1985 (USA) Running time 98 minutes Country 
United StatesLanguage English Mixed Blood is a 1985 film directed by Paul Morrissey. It marked the first credited film role for John Leguizamo.
Contents
Plot
Rita La Punta (Marília Pêra) leads a gang of underaged Brazilian kids in an attempt to seize control of New York's Lower East Side's drug trade from a Puerto Rican gang.
Principal cast
Actor Role Marília Pêra Rita La Punta Richard Ulacia Thiago Rodney Harvey Jose Linda Kerridge Carol Geraldine Smith Toni Angel David Juan Critical reception
Vincent Canby of The New York Times enjoyed the film:
“ Paul Morrissey continues to be a cinema original and his Mixed Blood, a most unorthodox look at life in the drug trade on New York's Lower East Side, is successively comic, brutal, primitive and sophisticated - a comedy with the manners of a live-action cartoon for jaded adults.[1] ” However, the reviewer at Time Out did not care for it:
“ [The film is] Often taken for black comedy, its lurid visuals, ragbag assortment of performance styles, and the succession of ambushes, escapes and showdowns suggest something closer to Victorian melodrama.[2] ” References
- ^ Tomatoes
- ^ "Cocaine Review. Movie Reviews - Film - Time Out London". Timeout.com. http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/69435/cocaine.html. Retrieved 2010-07-26.
External links
- Mixed Blood at the Internet Movie Database
- Mixed Blood at AllRovi
Films directed by Paul Morrissey 1960s Chelsea Girls (1966) • Flesh (1968)1970s Trash (1970) • Women in Revolt (1972) • L'Amour (1973) • Heat (1973) • Flesh for Frankenstein (1973) • Blood for Dracula (1974) • The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)1980s Madame Wang's (1981) • Forty Deuce (1982) • Mixed Blood (1985) • Beethoven's Nephew (1985) • Spike of Bensonhurst (1988)Categories:- 1985 films
- American crime films
- American films
- Films directed by Paul Morrissey
- Films set in New York City
- Films shot in New York City
- Gang films
- Crime film stubs
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