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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
Like Fat City, it finds bruised dignity and fleeting hope among people stranded in a fading American town, with patient observation, unvarnished performances, and a deeply melancholy atmosphere.
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Why this pick
A similarly unsentimental portrait of working-class men cornered by circumstance, carried by lived-in detail, weary rhythms, and sympathy that never turns sentimental.
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Why this pick
This spare, intimate American character study shares Fat City's downbeat naturalism and profound tenderness toward people drifting through economic and emotional dead ends.
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Why this pick
Another early-1970s vision of failed aspiration and fraying male bonds, told with a loose, melancholy pace and an acute eye for people trying to outrun disappointment.
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Why this pick
It updates Fat City's portrait of an aging fighter: physically punishing work, fragile pride, and small chances at connection rendered with directness rather than sports-movie triumphalism.
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01 / THE STORY
Two men, working as professional boxers, come to blows when their careers each begin to take different directions.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Tully
Ernie
Oma
Faye
Ruben
Babe
Referee at Tully-Lucero Fight
