Ladies Behind the Lens: GAS, FOOD, LODGING

by Rosalie Lewis

“Some people are afraid of disappointment. Me, I’m just afraid of not having any daydreams left,” muses Shade (Fairuza Balk) after a failed romantic overture in Gas, Food, Lodging. Allison Anders’ 1991 solo feature feels like the wistful escapism of Terence Malick’s Badlands confronted by the chorus of The Replacements’ song "Unsatisfied":

Look me in the eye and tell me that I’m satisfied...
Everything you dream of is right in front of you
And everything is a lie.