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Charlie is exasperated by having to look out for his crazily self-destructive cousin Johnny Boy (De Niro), who owes money to everyone, including one dourly resentful hoodlum who is losing patience ...
Mean Streets is the film that established director Martin Scorsese's reputation, and it is often considered his most personal and emblematic work. In comparison with his later films, however, Mean Streets seems more like a rough sketch (both thematically and stylistically) than a fully-realized achievement, despite the film's distinction when ...
Nov 21, 2023 · Martin Scorsese's breakthrough film gets the 4K treatment for its 50th anniversary and this impeccable Criterion edition instantly outclasses every previous home video release. With style and insight, Mean Streets paints a memorable portrait of New York City's Italian-American youth as it examines their camaraderie, conflicts, and code of ethics.
Though produced on a less-than-shoestring budget and lacking the polish that glamorised ganglife in his later pictures, it’s a powerful experience, brimming with raw talent, streetwise grit and a pre-Boris the Blade character who refuses to die after multiple gunshots. While it's not Scorsese's best given the rest of his class-bulging resume ...
Picture 8/10. The Criterion Collection presents Martin Scorsese’s Mean Streets on Blu-ray in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1 on a dual-layer disc. The 1080p/24hz high-definition presentation is sourced from a new 4K restoration, taken from a scan of the 35mm original camera negative. I am working off the disc included with the 4K UHD edition.
When Charlie's uncle Giovanni offers him a restaurant - the first step up the ladder - Charlie is forced to choose between his desire for power, his love for Teresa and his duty to protect his friend Johnny Boy. — alfiehitchie. Italian-American Charlie, who lives in the Little Italy neighborhood of New York City, leads a conflicted life.
May 6, 2021 · TCM CLASSIC FILM FESTIVAL 2021 REVIEW! Mean Streets is the sort of movie that pours out of you: a projectile vomiting of experiences, influences, ideas, and feelings, none of which can be reconciled. Each of them contradicts the other, making any attempt at reason or structure a nonstarter. What you end up getting is a story that
