Early in “Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets,” one of the barflies who populates the film talks about working as an actor. “I wanted the truth of every line,” he says. But when he realized that truth was elusive, he says, “I started going after beauty.”That approximates the approach of this movie, directed by Bill and Turner Ross, which won over many smart fans at Sundance who admired how it blurred the boundaries of nonfiction. The movie purports to document the closing day of a dive bar called Roaring ’20s — certain exterior shots, dialogue and even traffic reports imply it’s in the Las Vegas area. The time is around the 2016 election.

Source: New York Times July 09, 2020 10:52 UTC