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Drew 2021-12-08 08:01:44
Adapted from a documentary of the same name directed by Martin Scorsese in 1970 and starring Robert De Niro, this distinctive style and moving plot is released, marking the most prolific and important director and star in the history of film Born. With the "Little Italy" area as the background, it shows the extremely empty and depressed mental state of Italian American youth doing nothing all day long. In addition to the profound practical significance of the film, "Poor Streets" is also very powerful in the expression of film language. The anti-traditional structure, frantic tone, and true and outstanding performance style all showed unique charm in that era. In a sense, many of the characteristics embodied in "Poor Streets" also laid the foundation for Scorsese's style of work: the scene is in New York, the struggle of the lonely person, pointed shoes, rock, and opera music. , And endless killings. Although the box office was not satisfactory after the release, it was unanimously affirmed by the critics, and some film critics even called it "the truly original work of this era, the horn of independent production."
Extended Reading
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Giovanni Cappa: This Johnny Boy is like your mister Groppi... a little crazy. It's nice you should help him out because of his family and our family but watch yourself... Don't spoil anything. His whole family has problems... his cousin, the girl who lives next door to you...
Charlie: Teresa.
Giovanni Cappa: ...The one who's sick, right? In the head.
Charlie: No, she's got epilepsy.
Giovanni Cappa: Yeah. That's what I said, sick in the head.
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Michael Longo: [showing a picture of his new girlfriend] You think she's good-looking? She's smart, too. She's gonna be a teacher.
Tony DeVienazo: Let me see that. Oh, I know this girl.
Michael Longo: Yeah?
Tony DeVienazo: Yeah... I saw her kissing a nigger under a bridge.
Michael Longo: What? What do you mean?
Tony DeVienazo: A nigger. As in black. A nigger.
Michael Longo: But what do you mean?
Tony DeVienazo: [rolls his eyes] I mean... kissing. Her lips on his lips. Kissing.
Michael Longo: [worried] I kissed her.