THE WANDERERS
A
Philip Kaufman film
I
came across this movie through browsing on youtube. It’s a 1979 New York gang
film. The main characters in this movie is the gang ‘The Wanderers’. They
believe they are the best and put their skills to the test in a football game
against the other gangs around New York. I personally since starting to watch
more movies from the 90’s think that being open-minded to the main storyline
and not judging the visuals or effects will help you enjoy the movie more. The
visuals are really good when it comes to setting the mood. There is a scene
when one of the gang members in The Wanderers becomes a traitor and joins The
Baldies but is then ditched by them and is running through alleyways and
neighborhoods when he is being chased by occupants of that neighborhoods. The
smoke haze, the street-lighting and sharp shadows casting over the tall
apartment buildings helps to set the fear and agitation that the character is
feeling but also shows how and where these young teenager were living. There is
some comedy in this film but it also highlights one of the characters having to
stop being a teenager and grow up. Everything is tied together nicely at the
end which I like. Plus the rock ‘n’ roll music features are nice to listen to.
AMERICAN ME
This has main themes running through it, survival
and drugs. It is inspired by a true story, and it is in East LA, America.
At the end, the saying 'what goes around, comes around' is true. While watching
it there were some gruesome scenes and others that showed that there was peace
under all the gang related deaths and drug dealing. The people living in these
times were some that were trying to better themselves and others that were
happy contributing to these deaths. I would say the cinematics were simple, no
3D effect was shown to be used, just simple camera techniques. To emphasise the
deep thoughts these characters were experiencing there was many facial camera
close ups.
Overall watch this movie with an open mind and
understand the message being shown.
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