Various stories of how crack cocaine has infiltrated the inner-city streets.Various stories of how crack cocaine has infiltrated the inner-city streets.Various stories of how crack cocaine has infiltrated the inner-city streets.
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- TriviaDirector Buddy Giovinazzo revealed that originally the rape scene came twenty minutes into the film and the film opened in the bodega (convenience store). "It wasn't working. It was too slow. So a good friend of mine, a director, who I screened the film for told me, why don't you put the rape scene up front? I first said, no are you crazy. Everyone will walk out. And he said, anyone who walks out in the beginning will walk out twenty minutes in, so you might as well just go with it. And he was right. So we moved it to the beginning and it had the right effect. It just told anyone watching this movie, just strap yourself in," Giovinazzo said.
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Benny: Marybeth, I know what I am. Don't think for a second that I don't, 'cus I do. Like when I hear you and Ridley talking to some of the other girls, things yous able to talk about
[shrugs]
Benny: you're smart, you got schooling, you know things. Me, what do I know... I know that being with me must be like being with a retard. I look in the mirror sometimes, I wonder what you're doin with me. I know you do, too. When the day comes, you find somebody better, 'cus one day that will happen, I ain't gonna give you no shit over it, ok? I'm just gonna be grateful that I had some time with you. You's the best thing that ever happened to me, and I love you.
I really enjoyed this movie. Most of the films I see about the inner city are full of cartoonish and stereotypical characters that you don;t care about. The people in this film are real as the person next door. I found a lot of the dialog and situations these people are faced with to be real and very authentic. Buddy Giovinazzo has come a long way since his first film (Combat ShocK) but he still retains the gritty realism and spirit of that film in his latest project. He seems to have a genuine feel for his characters and none of that pseudo-liberal guilt complex that similar films that come out of Hollywood have. No phony baloney middle class guilt trip here and I really appreciate that in a film like this one.
Highly recommended.
- Captain_Couth
- Aug 28, 2009
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- $4,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
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