The way to do it
Last night I watched Michael Caine in "Get Carter", 1971, available in instant play from Netflix.
Thats the way to do it. Go watch it and contrast with Slumdog.
Get Carter is not a happy film, it's a achingly real depiction of barely above poverty living, street crime, and an overall hopeless environment. What S.D. could have been.
Carter pulls no punches. And it delivers. Caine has fewer lines in Carter than the young man who plays the lead in S.D., but his ability to *act* develops a complex character that you get to know intimately. His supporting cast has even less to say or do, but even characters who are on-screen for 3 minutes total are presented in a way that you know them, you empathize with them, you care about them, or you despise them with straightforward dialog, superior camerawork, and a deft touch at the editing desk.
No happy ending. A brilliant film about an ugly story, with the best actor ever asked to play a bloodless, chilling, character with realism and humanity.
watch this film.
Thats the way to do it. Go watch it and contrast with Slumdog.
Get Carter is not a happy film, it's a achingly real depiction of barely above poverty living, street crime, and an overall hopeless environment. What S.D. could have been.
Carter pulls no punches. And it delivers. Caine has fewer lines in Carter than the young man who plays the lead in S.D., but his ability to *act* develops a complex character that you get to know intimately. His supporting cast has even less to say or do, but even characters who are on-screen for 3 minutes total are presented in a way that you know them, you empathize with them, you care about them, or you despise them with straightforward dialog, superior camerawork, and a deft touch at the editing desk.
No happy ending. A brilliant film about an ugly story, with the best actor ever asked to play a bloodless, chilling, character with realism and humanity.
watch this film.
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