Charlie takes an odyssey through grief during a fall weekend in New York City. His encounters are planned and chance: with a homeless man who sleeps by his building, with a friend who's dying, with the couple who lives (and noisily loves) in the flat above him, with a bartender and a one-night-stand he follows home, and with a tattooed stranger whom he seeks out and befriends. Along the way, Charlie inhabits a city full of moments of violence and of stories and legends: a kidney thief, a microwaved poodle, a rat in a hot dog bun, a baby left on a car top, a tourist's toothbrush, needles in public-phone change slots. Charlie lives and tells his own stories. What caused his melancholy? 非常值得一看的电影，前提是你要用心看。同人男Dan futterman。恐同人士请看。让人心碎的一本片子。都市传奇。记。还是喜欢称呼它都市传奇。原来是说同性恋权利的...我想...。只有真正爱过的人才能懂。 这是一部梦魇似的电影。男主角查理不断在城市中的黑夜游荡，似是在找寻着谁；他在酒吧里向人述说着各式各样的都市传奇故事，但他的真正目的，却其实是想把自己也变成另一则都市传说！ 最后，他看中了一个神秘的年青男子。他跟踪着他，影片的气氛也开始变得愈来愈黑色。然后，出乎意料之外的，我们陡地发现，那神秘的年青人，很可能就是他那失踪了的爱人…… 这是部绝对扣人心弦的电影，曾先后夺得过多个同志电影节的大奖(费城：最佳电影、西雅图：最佳男主角、旧金山：最佳处女作)。
