Burt Young, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jerry Orbach
Taken from Hubert Selby, Jr.'s controversial novel. A gallery of characters in Brooklyn in the 1950s are crushed by their surroundings and selves: a union strike leader discovers he is gay; a prostitu...( read more
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a truly gritty and superb street drama of which i haven't seen the likes in years. it's a trip of destruction for all the characters and the subtle showing of how there still is some hope no matter how bad things get. jennifer jason leigh provides the totty with a rack view... an...( read more)
Unsympathetic characters, unpleasant situations. . . isn't life swell? Please don't watch this in the bath tub with razor blades near by.
First movie I ever used "disturbing" to describe, it had a strong impact on my young mind when I first saw it.
Good film;parts were hard to take but made me more interested in the story.
This is so beautiful
I can'tbegin to imagine the amount of controversy the novel would have stirred up in the 1960's
Considering the amount of homophobia and sensitivity in society even in modern times Selbys focus on issues such as violence, gang rape, homosexuality, trans...( read more)
Oh, Darlings, this movie is beyond interesting and bizarre. Right up my alley.
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