Product: Mean Streets (1973)
Rating: 4.0
SEE WHERE IT ALL STARTED--ROBERT DE NIRO, MARTIN SCORCESE, HARVEY KEITAL. MONSTERS OF CINEMA!!
The "GOLD" of this film is to be found in it's DOCUMENTATION of CINEMATIC HISTORY. The EARLY CAREERS OF THREE MOVIE GIANTS. A REAL slice of life in NEW YORK CITY'S LITTLE ITALY in the early 70's. The movie, itself, is mediocre. It is the writing and direction of a young SCORCESE and the performances of DE NIRO and KEITAL that foreshadow and establish a new genre in film and set the stage for the BRILLIANCE of these three film GENIUSES. HISTORY IN THE MAKING!!! THE PRECURSOR TO SUCH MOVIES AS TAXI DRIVER (3 years later), RAGING BULL, GODDFELLAS, ETC. CAMEOS of the CARRADINE BROTHERS (David & Keith). This movie has a Great 60's SOUNDTRACK.