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| Nelson_Mandela 05/30/19 5:07:22 PM #198: | #176. Mean Streets https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/62/Mean_Streets_poster.jpg Dir: Martin Scorsese Genre: Drama, Crime Year: 1973 Mean Streets set the stage for all of your favorite Scorsese movies after it--Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, the list goes on. It is as New York as New York gets and established his gritty style that pairs perfectly with the talents of Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel. Mean Streets is also very clearly one of Scorsese's most personal films, as the story is really centered around regular neighborhood people and the consequences of their forays into crime. This is no Goodfellas--we aren't talking about large-scale mobsters and airport heists. This is an intimate film about a few square blocks in Manhattan, and its contained nature makes you feel like you are merely peeking in through a window on their lives. --- "A more mature answer than I expected."~ Jakyl25 "Sephy's point is right."~ Inviso ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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