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Bushman
Why this pick
Its loose, observant street-level style and nonprofessional presence echo Burnett's humane attention to ordinary life, while tracing alienation without forcing conventional plot resolutions.
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MOVIE1978 1h 20m USA
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
Its sun-bleached, episodic vision of children in a struggling Southern town carries a related mix of neorealist observation, poetic imagery, and compassion for lives beyond easy solutions.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Stan works long hours at a slaughterhouse in Watts, Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles. The monotonous slaughter affects his home life with his unnamed wife and two children, Stan Jr. and Angela. Through a series of confusing episodic events – some friends try to involve Stan in a criminal plot, a white woman propositions Stan to work in her store, Stan and his friend Bracy attempt to buy a car engine – a mosaic of an austere working-class life emerges in which Stan feels unable to affect the course of his life.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Henry G. Sanders
Stan
Jack Drummond
Stan's Son