Dark Days
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Marc Singer Director: Marc Singer Brand: Palm Cinematographer: Marc Singer Producer: Marc Singer Editor: Melissa Niedich Producer: Avra Jain Producer: Ben Freedman Producer: Charlotte Stockdale Producer: Christopher Griffith Producer: David Wike Producer: Giancarlo Bonati Producer: Gordon Paul Producer: Mette Jensen Producer: Morton Swinsky Producer: Paolo Seganti Producer: Randall Mesdon Producer: Rick Giles Producer: Scott Bradley DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1 Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen Picture Format: 1.85:1 Running Time: 94 minutes DVD Release Date: 2001-09-25 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Model: PALMDV3036 Studio: Palm Pictures / Umvd Product features:
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Movie Reviews of Dark Days
Movie Review: Surrealistic boredom.
Summary: 2 Stars
This documentary certainly has a compelling sort of ambience given that the whole thing is in grainy black and white film and shot in the surrealistic environment of a community of "homeless" people living underground in a train tunnel. I put quotes around "homeless" because in fact these people had built themselves homes out of scrap material, so they were really homeless people with homes they made themselves. Also, the music score is totally appropriate and helps too.
However, the bottom line it that it's another "cut above raw footage edited together" type of documentary that attempts to let the subjects tell their own story with no narration and no start or ending point, except for the fact I saw the subjects living in clean apartments at the end, which made me feel happy for them.
And, I saw them happy in their new apartments on fast forward because after an hour of watching the subjects blabber on and on and seeing the rats and garbage I'd just about had enough. The documentary didn't seem to be going anywhere and I think I got the message.
I'm not surprised this documentary is successful and that many like it. It is rather unique, and it gives us a view into another world. But for me, it looked like there was no light at the end of the tunnel, so I hit fast forward to get out.