DVD Brief: Six Ways to Sunday |
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Description: Inventive, clever, stylish indie film about an 18-year-old man (Norman Reedus) who discovers his true calling in life: as a small-time hood unafraid to bash some heads and spill some blood for his job. Based on the 1962 novel "Portrait of a Young Man Drowning," the story begins with confused Harry (Norman Reedus) joining his boyhood pal Arnie (Adrien Brody) on a shakedown. Harry ends up pummelling the mark, and gets a job with the local mob. Harry exalts in his new found status as a shakedown artist supreme, along the way falling for the boss' maid (Elina Lowensohn). Unfortunately the boy-man has a strong Oedipal Complex, and his mother will do anything to keep him by her side. This is a notch above most other examples of this genre ("Pulp Fiction"--"GoodFellas" clones), with well-rounded performances by Reedus, Brody and Lowensohn. Throw in the Jewish mob in Youngstown, Ohio, and the wildly way-too-possessive mom (Debbie Harry) and you have one cockeyed black comedy -- with a real surprise ending. Image:Bright colors of suburban Youngstown alternate with dank urban evil in a pleasing digital transfer. Sound:Well-mixed soundtrack features music by Blondie and Isaac Hayes. All DVDs are screened on a reference Onkyo DV- S717 third-generation DVD player.
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