Product: Mean Streets (1973)
Rating: 5.0
Breakout Film for the Greatest Living Director
Mean Streets is the equivalent to an artist just throwing paint at the canvas to illustrate the wild bursts of energy and emotion that comes from the soul. This is Scorsese's breakout feature and it is his most emotionally invested work that is basically years of artistic vision exploding on to the screen. It was the starting point of his style and trademarks like the incredible rock soundtrack and use of music, as well as fascinating character development of the inner struggles of the leading man, Harvey Keitel. Keitel is great as Charlie, who is torn between his faith and life on the streets, and DeNiro gives an outstanding performance as his cousin Johnnie Boy who owes money all over town and causes constant trouble for his friends and himself. If you love movies, and especially if you love Scorsese movies, and have not seen Mean Streets, ..buy it right now. Don't even bother renting it because you're going to want to see it over and over again because it's one of those great flicks that gets better every time you watch it!