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Mean Streets is a 1973 American crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, from a screenplay co-written with Mardik Martin. It stars Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro, along with David Proval, Amy Robinson, Richard Romanus, and Cesare Danova. Scorsese's third feature film, it depicts a group of troubled young men in New York's Little Italy, and centers on many themes the director would later revisit, including the…
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Released in 1973, Mean Streets feels like the moment when Martin Scorsese truly arrived. Before this film he had shown promise, but Mean Streets was the movie that put his name on the map. It is rough around the edges, sometimes chaotic, and far less polished than his later work, but that is exactly why it feels so real and powerful. The film was directed by Martin Scorsese, and you can already see many of the theme…More
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Source # Plot The scene is in New York, Little Italy. Young Italian-American Charlie Cappa (Harvey Keitel) is followed on his numerous misadventures. He is a sensitive young man who struggles with his dislike of his environment and the ties of friendship that were forged there. He works for his uncle, a strong local boss, who hopes to, one day, offer him more challenging work than the straightforward ones he current…More
-via IMDb.com When you consider how much I admire Martin Scorsese and like him as a director, it is incredibly weird, to me anyway, that I have never seen some of his finest films, Taxi Driver , Raging Bull and this one, Mean Streets . Mean Streets is one of early films of Mr. Scorsese and it has some of his hallmarks evident in their infancy. Harvey Keitel is Charlie, a smalltime debt collector for the mob, trying…More
Վարպետի քրեական ժանրի, ստեղծող պատմություններ, դժոխք էկրանի վրա, եւ Մարտին Սկորսեզեն ցույց տվեց, որ հանդիսատեսի եւ քննադատների, որ այս թեմայի նա կանգնած է առաջին գծում. Նրա մասնագիտական կտավը գագաթնակետը այս ժանրի, մի տեսակ ամփոփման ասպեկտները բոլոր ինչի համար երկար տարիներ, Սկորսեզեն վերադարձել ամբողջ կրկին. Կային գեղանկարներ եւ անց, մինչեւ, բայց ժանրը հանցավորության դրամատիկական Մարտինի է անսպառ լավ, ինչը հնարավ…More
-via IMDb.com When you consider how much I admire Martin Scorsese and like him as a director, it is incredibly weird, to me anyway, that I have never seen some of his finest films, Taxi Driver , Raging Bull and this one, Mean Streets . Mean Streets is one of early films of Mr. Scorsese and it has some of his hallmarks evident in their infancy. Harvey Keitel is Charlie, a smalltime debt collector for the mob, trying…More