Dark Days

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Heather F This is the documentary that made me interested in documentaries. It's a well-balanced, realistic look at the lives of our unhoused neighbors in New York City's subway and train tunnels in the 1990s. What makes it well-balanced is that it portrays their humanity--although on one level it is devastating to see this way of life, it is no pity party. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/20/24 Full Review Thomas M The best documentary movie ever made! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/25/22 Full Review Audience Member Equal parts inspiring and depressing. A literal subculture beneath the wealth. A side of truth that not many people get to see. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member I've probably had this film on my "to see"-list for 15 years and it was sweet to finally peep it. In Marc Singer's first and only film we enter the underground tunnels of NYC. Things live here. Mostly rats and bugs, but also homeless people and they're dogs. We watch the frustrations, the happiness, the abusiveness and life as a bum in general. There are all kinds of people here, most of them with drug habits, some cleaner than others - but all of them are dirty and with some heavy loads. I like most of the people here. Very true people with some interesting philosophies. It's done in black and white - something that's probalby for the best as everything is dark around there anyways. All the "luxory" surprize me a lot. The way they are always improving the shacks, got TV's and make they're own food. A nice soundtrack by DJ Shadow is a big hit for me as he is one of my favorite artists. He even did a single for this film but most of the songs are taken from previous records. Good documentary with ups, downs, surprizes but firstly very real stories that got something to tell. 7.5 out of 10 rats. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review delysid d Dark Days is a pretty cool homeless documentary. It doesn't really go anywhere but I enjoyed the dark and bleak atmosphere Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/23/17 Full Review Audience Member An amazing documentary from first time director Marc Singer about a community of homeless people living just off the underground subway tracks in NYC. They have built there own shacks and have tapped into the city's power supply. They have scavenged furniture and appliances and live in what are essentially small, scaled-downed homes, some with pets, some with friends. Singer's film making process somewhat mirrored this community as he worked with borrowed and hand-made equipment with essentially no budget. You get to know these people very well, and the film humanizes these people for the viewer. It may not be an explicitly political film, but anything that creates human connections across vast economic divides is doing something political. DJ Shadow provides a remarkable soundtrack. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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