THE LOVELESS 1981
hot for pocket change in just 22 days, Bigelow's feature debut is a biker noir that takes its cues from and . Co-written and co-directed by Monty Montgomery, whom Bigelow met while studying at Colombia University, is set in a desolate service station town on the road to Daytona during the lawless 1950s. Willem Dafoe, who also makes his credited acting debut here, stars as Vance, a road rat one year out of “storage” who's just as likely to seduce you as rob you. “It don't matter which way I'm coming from, it's which way I'm going to,” he says, making you sense hasn't once used a rear-view mirror. Eventually joining back up with the rest of his gang in a roadside diner, the minimalist plot sees Vance get involved with the daughter of a local oil baron while another biker's ride goes in for repairs.
