1985 • dir Susan Seidelman w/Rosanna Arquette, Madonna, Aidan Quinn • 104 min • 35mm
Steeped in the eclectic junk-shop charm of a long-lost Downtown New York, DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN follows a bored suburban housewife (Arquette) as she becomes fascinated by the free-spirited Susan (Madonna) and, after a bout with amnesia, assumes her identity.
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Repertory Series Archive • Make My Day: The Cinematic Imagination of the Reagan Era
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985 • dir Susan Seidelman w/Rosanna Arquette, Madonna, Aidan Quinn • 104 min • 35mm
Steeped in the eclectic junk-shop charm of a long-lost Downtown New York, DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN follows a bored suburban housewife (Arquette) as she becomes fascinated by the free-spirited Susan (Madonna) and, after a bout with amnesia, assumes her identity.