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Cigarette Girl
In 2035, smoking is
illegal except in the dystopian, nicotine-stained Smoking Section.
"The sort of movie a young Russ
Meyer would be making if he had digital cameras and were addicted to graphic
novels." -
Leslie Felperin, Variety
“Cigarette Girl has an original take on
an old idea. It’s bursting with great visuals and a good performance from
the lead, Cori Dials." - Melody Watson, Oxford Film Freak
“Russ Meyer would have
enthusiastically approved of Ms. Dials.” – Tim Hayes, CriticsNotebook.com
In the near
future laws against smoking have increased to the point where you must live in
a certain part of town called the Smoking Section if want to smoke cigarettes.
Once you have passed the line of demarcation you just know you've crossed the
tracks because things get a little grimier, a little more industrial. The sky
is a little blacker. The mood is heavier. Someone might get hurt. Cigarettes
now cost $63.49 a pack, yet the money derived from this tax obviously isn't going
toward this dystopian corner of the city. If you travel there to smoke or to
buy (because it is also illegal to buy on the 'clean' side of town) there are
several options, but the main place is the Vice Club. There you will find old
fashion Cigarette Girls like our heroine with no name. The Vice Club was
actually a cigarette factory built in 1935 and designed by the very best deco
influenced architects. The original owners even installed a giant 50 foot long
Iron cigarette on top of the building that tipped into an gigantic ashtray. One
hundred years later that cigarette is cancer coated with rust but still tilts
back and forth - if the wind is strong enough, making a horrible squeak on it's
axis that is heard through out the city. Cigarette Girl becomes an angel of
death when she stops smoking and starts killing on the third day to alleviate
her acute psychological withdrawal manifested primarily by the ghost of a
cowboy who is always on her back to keep smoking. Cigarette Girl would rather
kill than smoke.