Mean Streets Is the Film That Announced Martin Scorsese as a Major Director. Raw, Gritty, and Completely Unforgettable.
by davideownzall
Mean Streets Is the Film That Announced Martin Scorsese as a Major Director. Raw, Gritty, and Completely Unforgettable.
by davideownzall
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Why does the whole review feel like an ad?
mean streets is such a classic, the way it captures that gritty NYC vibe is unmatched. scorsese really set the bar high with this one.
it’s a great watch, introducing de niro in a scorcese movie in their first collaboration together
It just occurred to me, but Harvey Keitel and De Niro weren’t in a Film together again until Copland?
I never heard of it before.
What Mean Streets did that nobody talks about enough is use music as interior monologue. The songs aren’t soundtrack, they’re how Charlie experiences the world. Scorsese basically invented a grammar for that and every music-driven film since owes it something.
I’m trying Lord I’m trying