|
 LAST
EXIT
TO
BROOKLYN
With
Stephen
Lang,
Jennifer
Jason
Leigh,
Burt
Young,
Peter
Dobson,
Jerry
Orbach,
Ricki
Lake,
Stephen
Baldwin,
Alexis
Arquette,
Sam
Rockwell
Written
by
Desmond
Nakano
(based
on
the
book
by
Hubert
Selby
Jr.)
Directed
by
Uli
Edel
Uli
Edel
has
never
shunned
away
from
movies
with
heavy
subjects
(like
Christiane
F.),
and
in
this
1989
production
the
intensity
is
as
gritty
as
ever.
Based
on
the
controversial
but
acclaimed
book
by
Hubert
Selby,
Jr.,
it
is
set
in
the
run
down
New
York
borough
of
Brooklyn
during
the
'50s,
and
the
lives
of
several
characters
in
this
economically
challenged
area.
There
is
a
strike
at
one
of
the
larger
factories
in
the
area
employing
a
large
chunk
of
the
inhabitants,
and
many
soldiers
go
through
the
area
being
shipped
off
to
the
Korean
War.
Some
of
these
real
life
characters
from
Selby's
past
include
young
thugs,
a
gay
man,
a
prostitute,
a
young
kid
infatuated
with
her,
soldiers,
a
man
in
charge
of
the
strike
office
and
a
range
of
peripheral
lowlifes
and
regular
folks
stuck
in
this
miserable
situation
like
a
family
whose
daughter
falls
pregnant.
But
in
stead
of
a
mere
narration
of
misery,
the
movie-makers
and
actors
reach
into
the
viewers,
pulling
compassion
from
them
for
these
lost
souls,
who
are
victims
of
their
circumstance,
the
times,
economy
and
also
bad
choices.
At
the
time
of
the
movie's
theatrical
release
I
wrote
a
piece
on
the
comparison
of
the
book
and
its
translation
to
cinema
for
an
English
assignment
at
University
–
not
having
a
permanent
computer
at
the
time,
I
unfortunately
don't
have
the
hard
copy
any
longer.
(Some
shocking
scenes
may
upset
certain
viewers)
Extra
features
on
this
re-release:
a
behind
the
scenes
look
at
the
making
of
the
movie
shot
at
the
time
of
its
making.
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Blom
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Click
below
for
another
tough
movie
on
a
Hubert
Selby
Jr.
tale,
Requiem
For
A
Dream
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