艺术家Jackie Curtis 的故事。
她是好萊塢電影裡的花瓶,卻是安迪沃荷實驗電影裡的女神。她是Velvet Underground 的繆思、連Lou Reed 都為她寫歌,卻也是來自長島的漂亮男孩!本片大量蒐羅好萊塢變性女星先驅Candy Darling橫闖銀河的史料,以及其所處的六○年代紐約剪影,不但娓娓道來跨性別女伶傳奇的一生,更忠實記錄了她對當代流行文化的深遠影響。
Following the erection of the Berlin wall, special agent Carl Halman is assigned by East German intelligence to move to New York where he’ll “sleep” as a writer until he is called. Using the code-name “April 23,” Carl successfully infiltrates the uptown-downtown literary world in 1950s New York. He edits a magazine, follows the Knicks, and marries Melinda, the socialite wife of best-selling jock novelist Hubert Cleaver, Ayden’s hilarious Norman Mailer pastiche. Through Carl’s eyes, we see New York City change from an outpost of Europe to the new capital of an anarchistic, post-ideological world. But then, when Carl least expects it, he’s called.