Trees Lounge

…in his first feature film, Trees Lounge, about an unemployed car mechanic who spends his days at a local bar. Inspired by his own life at age 19, the dramedy received largely positive reviews and was especially noted for its depiction of blue-collar workers. He later helmed Animal Factory (2000),…

…about activist Valerie Solanas; and Trees Lounge (1996), actor Steve Buscemi’s directorial debut, in which Imperioli starred as the frequent patron of a local bar. Imperioli later cowrote and had a supporting role in Lee’s Summer of Sam (1999), about a New York City neighborhood living in fear of a…