Paddy Breathnach's " Blow Dry " has the curious distinction of being the third more-or-less-British hair-care comedy to be released in this country in the last year or so, following Barry Levinson's " Everlasting Piece, " about a pair of Belfast toupee salesmen, and " The Big Tease, " last winter's sham documentary about an indomitable Scottish coiffeur triumphing in the cutthroat hair-cutting world of Los Angeles.
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After the narrator meets the young girl at the barber shop where she works ( " Chez Max coiffeur pour hommes " ), we learn about their feelings for each other ( " Ma Lou Marilou " ), their erotic games ( " Variations sur Marilou " ), and ultimately about Marilou's murder by the narrator, turned jealous lover ( " Meurtre ?l extincteur ", " Marilou sous la neige " ), and finally his decline into madness ( " Lunatic Asylum " ).
