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Encapsulating a film inside a 24-hour period adds an enormous amount of dramatic weight to minuscule moments. By dialing the stakes up to full blast, the sense of definite realism heightens a feeling of uncontrolled chaos as a never ending check-list of to-do’s build up and the clock ticks.
Read MoreMartin Scorsese’s gangster films are well known for exploring masculinity (toxic or otherwise) and the role it plays in the lives of men and their loved ones and enemies. In the 1973 film Mean Streets, the level of masculinity one has is inversely proportional to how mature one is.
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