Movie

Notes from Underground (1995)

• September 12, 1995
• 1h 28m

• Drama

“I am a sick man...”

Overview

Adapted from Dostoevsky's novella, Henry Czerny plays the narrator, Underground Man. Filled with self-hatred, he keeps a video diary where he discusses his own shortcomings and what he thinks is wrong in contemporary society. His bitterness spills over at a dinner party attended by his old college friends, an occasion which sends him running to a nearby brothel, where he meets Liza (Lee), a young prostitute.

Director

Gary Walkow

Writers

Gary Walkow, Fyodor Dostoevsky

Starring

Henry Czerny, Sheryl Lee, Vic Polizos