Movie Details
Theatrical Release:January 1st, 1992
Original Language:English
Cast & Crew
C
Chris Kraus
Director
C
Chris Kraus
Editor
C
Chris Kraus
Producer
E
Erje Ayden
Novel
A
Ann Rower
Producer
Sadness at Leaving (1992)
20 minJan 1st, 1992
Plot
Following the erection of the Berlin wall special agent Carl Halman is assigned by East German intelligence to move to New York where hell sleep as a writer until he is called Using the codename April 23 Carl successfully infiltrates the uptowndowntown literary world in 1950s New York He edits a magazine follows the Knicks and marries Melinda the socialite wife of bestselling jock novelist Hubert Cleaver Aydens hilarious Norman Mailer pastiche Through Carls eyes we see New York City change from an outpost of Europe to the new capital of an anarchistic postideological world But then when Carl least expects it hes called
