In The Pawnbroker, Rod Steiger is the title character, running a pawn shop in Harlem in the 1960's, haunted by flashbacks of his youth/childhood in Nazi Germany. It's gritty, sad, well-acted and well-shot.
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead is from 2006, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke are brothers, with a heist idea - a terrific plot, and more great acting.
Yes, there's Dog Day Afternoon, Serpico, 12 Angry Men, Network, and even The Wiz. An amazing body of work. Worth checking out.
P.S. I got all the titles on this list from the library. For free.
That IS an amazing body of work. And I love the library plug!
ReplyDeleteThanks Em! And I'm in the middle of another post where I think I'm going to end up plugging the library again.
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