Bay Area Premiere "Watching a Ruiz film is almost a crash course in film history since the advent of sound. Combining psychological drama, police thriller, film noir, fantasy and mystery, Ruiz turns dreams into whimsical images. And using dialogue that smacks of Raymond Chandler, TV cop shows and soap operas, he transforms popular literature and plain psychology into Freudian statements...True to form, The Golden Boat (his first film in English) is a madcap, surreal dash through the streets of New York City, from the perspective of a comically compulsive assassin who joins up with a young rock critic and philosopher named Israel Williams. Scattered liberally throughout their adventures...are a host of insults to the question, 'Is there a God?' Ruiz has also managed to capture a particular cultural moment in New York by assembling a fascinating line-up of hip media stars in their own right as the stars of his film, including Michael Kirby, Jim Jarmusch, Vito Acconci, Kathy Acker, and Joan Jonas." -Dimitri Eipides, Toronto Film Festival