A Piece of Paradise

⭐ Featured Review

"On its surface this Cassavetes-directed segment of his series is a fairly sentimental story about the trials and tribulations of a rather pathetic jockey, very well played by Walter Burke. But right from the sexy opening sequence of tracking shots of the sexy legs of a soon-to- be victimized femme, it turns out to be a clever homage to the sexploitation films of the 1950s and 1960s (e.g., Lenny Bruce-penned DANCE HALL RACKET). Elmer Bernstein's score here is the immediate tipoff: it has the familiar sound of the library music used for hundreds of soft porn titles during this era. Of cour..."