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Summary: Must See!
Review: If you are a fan of documentary film then this is a must see. This is a beautiful film that both inspires you and saddens you at the same time. Please watch this!
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Summary: Must See!
Review: If you are a fan of documentary film then this is a must see. This is a beautiful film that both inspires you and saddens you at the same time. Please watch this!
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Summary: Life in fiction!
Review: It is sometimes easier to bury ourselves in fiction and enjoy the glitz of Hollywood rather than face the real issues in our world today. Marc Singer has made one of the most powerful statements about the joy, suffering and irony of life. He has used homeless people as a medium, but could have just as well done it using a group of wealthy "Ladie's who lunch"
Never has a film made me cry, smile and laugh as much. To follow the lives of individuals who have so little, but are still able to give so much to each other and make the most of the little thay do have.
This is a must see film, that will send you on a roller coaster ride of emotion. Watch enjoy, and I challenge you not to pick the phone up the minute this has finished to tell all of your friends.
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Summary: ....
Review: Little can be said about Dark Days. It chronicles a series of moments in the lives of several tunnel dwellers. It's immensly beautiful with a great, but familiar soundtrack. It's never really sentimental, never judgemental, nor ever does it take sides. Perhaps the end is a bit too serendipitous, but the film seems to portray it as such. It shows the hope for life, a real hope, not hope as the drug people use to justify their lives, not hope as an intoxicant to blind the audience from how gloomy life really is, but hope that is fragile and tentative.Even if you're not the least interested in these topics, Dark Days is worth a watch both for the visuals and as a wonderfully executed film.
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Summary: ....
Review: Little can be said about Dark Days. It chronicles a series of moments in the lives of several tunnel dwellers. It's immensly beautiful with a great, but familiar soundtrack. It's never really sentimental, never judgemental, nor ever does it take sides. Perhaps the end is a bit too serendipitous, but the film seems to portray it as such. It shows the hope for life, a real hope, not hope as the drug people use to justify their lives, not hope as an intoxicant to blind the audience from how gloomy life really is, but hope that is fragile and tentative. Even if you're not the least interested in these topics, Dark Days is worth a watch both for the visuals and as a wonderfully executed film.
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Summary: A True Work of Art
Review: Marc Singer's self-produced documentary on the tortured lives of homeless people living in the dark and dreary tunnels of an abandoned New York subway is, quite simply, a work of art. It provides an unflinching look at a problem far too many of us choose to ignore, but does so in a way that is neither preachy nor sensationalistic. It also shows that, when it comes to intelligent filmmaking, Hollywood's glossy, sanitized, big-budget style of doings things is not only unnecessary, but in most cases distracting and counterproductive.
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Summary: You will never forget this film
Review: One evening I was flipping through channels on the TV and came across "Dark Days" on Sundance Channel. I have not seen the DVD so I can only comment on the version that ran on Sundance. It was the most riveting documentary I have ever seen. Although it has been six months since I caught it on TV, and I haven't been able to catch a rerun since, I have not been able to forget it. I came to care about the people living in the tunnel, and when the film was over, I felt as if I had just lost touch with some friends. What struck me about this film is that it was made on such a limited budget by people who lived in the tunnel. There were no prima-donna actors, directors and producers. As a result, the film is an honest portrayal of life under the tunnels. There is excellent information on how the film was made at [web page], and you can also catch some samples of the haunting music from the film. The film inspired me to learn more about the people living in the tunnels under New York. Two books I would recommend on the subject are "The Mole People" by Jennifer Toth, and "The Tunnel" by Margaret Morton.
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Summary: You will never forget this film
Review: One evening I was flipping through channels on the TV and came across "Dark Days" on Sundance Channel. I have not seen the DVD so I can only comment on the version that ran on Sundance. It was the most riveting documentary I have ever seen. Although it has been six months since I caught it on TV, and I haven't been able to catch a rerun since, I have not been able to forget it. I came to care about the people living in the tunnel, and when the film was over, I felt as if I had just lost touch with some friends. What struck me about this film is that it was made on such a limited budget by people who lived in the tunnel. There were no prima-donna actors, directors and producers. As a result, the film is an honest portrayal of life under the tunnels. There is excellent information on how the film was made at [web page], and you can also catch some samples of the haunting music from the film. The film inspired me to learn more about the people living in the tunnels under New York. Two books I would recommend on the subject are "The Mole People" by Jennifer Toth, and "The Tunnel" by Margaret Morton.
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Summary: A haunting documentary
Review: The 5-star rating goes to the version I saw in the theatre. I cannot rate the DVD as it has not yet been released. However, this documentary was, without a doubt, one of the single best documentaries I have ever seen. This story revolves around a group of homeless people in New York who lived underground in old abandoned subway tunnels. What makes their story, and this documentary, most unique is that the director, Marc Singer, actually took his camera and went and lived with these people for a prolonger period of time. (I believe it was 2 years, but I am not sure). The poignant struggle of their lives provides the backdrop for this documentary. Those of us who think our lives have problems are living in Disneyland compared to the dayto-day lives of these people. To watch their struggle, their small triumphs, their small and large setbacks, will leave you in awe that there are people in our country who actually live like this. It is almost impossible to walk away from this documentary without having it affect your life on a fundamental level. Three cheers for Marc Singer for making this documentary.
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Summary: what's all this noise about?
Review: This doc is nothing special, just a bunch of homeless living in the tunnels. Nothing new. In addition, the ending is so boring and predictable - it looks like a public service announcement. At what point we became so fascinated with other people unhappiness? First we make a show out of it, compare these people with rats, then we enjoy seeing somebody living worse than we do, and feel sorry for them. I give one star just because it was shot in focus, and the director really tried to be creative.
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