
Taken from Hubert Selby, Jr.'s controversial novel set in early 1950s Brooklyn. During a bitter strike by workers against a local factory, a gallery of struggling characters are crushed by their squalid surroundings and selves: an unhappily married union strike leader discovers he is gay; a jaded prostitute falls in love with one of her clients, a naive young sailor; a union negotiator attempts to peacefully resolve the strike while desperately hiding the fact that he's a com... (Full plot summary below)
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Taken from Hubert Selby, Jr.'s controversial novel set in early 1950s Brooklyn. During a bitter strike by workers against a local factory, a gallery of struggling characters are crushed by their squalid surroundings and selves: an unhappily married union strike leader discovers he is gay; a jaded prostitute falls in love with one of her clients, a naive young sailor; a union negotiator attempts to peacefully resolve the strike while desperately hiding the fact that he's a communist; the family of a striking factory worker cannot cope with the fact that their teenage daughter is illegitimately pregnant.
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| F5 (Wichita, KS)Jake EukerSo bleak a vision as to be obsessive and ultimately shallow. |
| Movie MetropolisJames PlathCinematic style and Jennifer Jason Leigh make this worth watching. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyGerman director Eli Edel has fashioned a grim yet coherent and extremely well acted tale out of Hubert Selby's 1964 collection of short stories about misfits, criminals and outsiders in Brooklyn's Red Hook, circa 1952. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzFor the most part, Edel captures the harrowing grim tone of the book and the compassion the author had for his unsympathetic flawed characters. |
| User ReviewSteven TI did not read the book. I did see the movie in the theatre when it was released. A fascinating study of the human condition. A gripping intense story. Almost 20 years later I marvel how reflective this movie was of the world around me. |
| User ReviewAmber WI LOVE this movie. It is truly brilliant, gritty and JJL is at her best. You don't watch this movie - you feel it. |
| User ReviewTerry NI love the book, and it was a treat to see all the characters come so thoroughly to life on screen. Very well cast movie! |
| User ReviewRick FOne of my favorite all time films. Haven't seen it in a while but saw it again for the first time in years tonight. Brutal, tragic, no sentimentality here. What can I say...my kind of movie! |
| User ReviewRufus XA very disturbing piece of cinema banned in the UK for years due the the gang rape scene. Not strong by today's standards but still a very moving story that deserved a much better transfer to DVD than the very poor one it was actually given by the studios. |
| User ReviewJennifer SAmazing, heartbreaking...just a great film. |