Nasty Piece of Work Film
Nasty Piece of Work spins a tale of the gritty and sublime, fetish and transformation, love and obsession, delicate and profane, in the city of Los Angeles.
a dark night of the soul
STYLISH NEO NOIR FILM
delving into the decadent underworld of fetish and BDSM.
"An intriguing combination of gritty neo-noir and romantic magical realism 'A Nasty Piece of Work' shines a light on the dark underworld of obsession, fetishism, and BDSM lurking under the sunny skies of Los Angeles. While providing many of the expected pleasures of film noir and neo-noir, it also offers many surprises for both the average viewer, and the dedicated 'noir nerd.' While there is darkness aplenty, in addition to the expected noir cynicism and fatalism, there are also elements of sentiment, dreams and magic, and even a kind of optimism amidst the secret midnight desires and emotional violence. To the gritty hard boiled realism of noir, the film adds moments of the surrealism of magical realism, such as one sees in the works of recent Mexican directors such as Cuaron, Inarritu and del Toro. An additional pleasant surprise is the multi-ethnic cast. The film creates a global and inclusive "noir world" that accurately reflects the contemporary cultural diversity of 21st century Los Angeles.
- Paul Backer
Professor of Theatre
University of Southern California