ELECTRIC URN, a no-budget, old-fashioned (read: late 1960s) head film, basks in a cloying "aren't we East Villagers the weirdest, wackiest bunch of freaks?" attitude.
Deep in New York's East Village lies the Electric Urn, the favored hangout for a collection of drag queens, rockers, and feminist filmmakers. Katy (Rebecca Wisocky) sits at one table trying to cast the lead in her movie--"a woman trapped in a male-dominated society." She interviews and eventually
falls for Lulu (Michael Cavadias), an affected, desperately feminine transvestite. Though now infatuated with Lulu, Katy still lives with her mooching, guitar-playing boyfriend, Jonny (Christopher Erato).<...
Released:
1997
Rated:
NR
Length:
78 mins