A Slice Of Life

Overview

A black comedy dealing with oedipal conflicts, burning hot pizza and disfigurement. A tracking camera reveals a sleeping man named Melvin. In a period-piece dream (of his own childhood?) we see a young mother with a baby carriage and an older, heavy-set man with a cigar. When the carriage rolls down a staircase toward the man, his bulk fortunately stops it and saves the baby. Later, they meet again at a pizza parlor, where hot cheese from the slice he orders inadvertently slides in slow motion onto the baby. The dreamer awakens with a start revealing a face marred by burn scars. Showing the traumatic memory from the pizza parlor

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1988

Original language

English

Production

Bellone Productions

Cast

Dai Kornberg,Garry Bronko Ray,Gary Ray,Ara Romanoff,Ed Hubert,Carolyn Beauchamp

Director

William Kent

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0287707