Mean Streets (1973)

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Mean Streets is Real, Raw, But ...
by pippin06 in Reel Thoughts

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"This film represents the second of five Martin Scorsese films topping my Netflix queue, just in case you were keeping track. Mean Streets is Marty's highly touted review of the life of gangsters in New York City's Little Italy. In many ways, it's an interesting early look at a director and his trademarks that began largely with this film, and that he's never quite abandoned. I mostly wanted to see Mean Streets out of academic curiosity, in an effort to compare Marty's recent films, like The Departed, to something from earlier in his career. Aside from its timing in Scorsese's filmography, I kn " [More]

this movie is probably awesome.
by cmonnahkid in cmonnahkid Blog

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"i consider this movie a rough draft for goodfellas, even though if i delve into that statement the stories dont really bear that large of a resemblance besides being about crime. it is very raw, very gritty, and even has some boobs if those are your thing. a young bobby d. and harvey keitel portraying a badass are the main things that suck me in though. when i watch this movie, i feel like i grew up in little italy new york. i could tell you all about the plot and such but you can read that anywhere else. just know that its not really that huge of a cinematic breakthrough, but is (from what i can gather) a pretty honest portrayal of certain parts of the big apple directed by a man who grew up there, and if you are a fan of scorsese it is a def-see. " [More]

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