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The Last Detail
Why this pick
Like Short Eyes, it finds raw humor, anger, and unexpected tenderness inside a coercive institution, with an unvarnished 1970s American texture and volatile male relationships.
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MOVIE1977 1h 40m USA
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Why this pick
A bruised, intimate character study driven by two men improvising dignity and connection at society’s margins; its loose, lived-in realism matches Short Eyes’ emotional roughness.
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
''Short Eyes'' is set in an unnamed prison in New York City, whose inmates are predominantly black or Puerto Rican. One day, Clark Davis, a young, middle-class white man accused of rape a young girl, arrives on remand (detention). His fellow prisoners immediately turn on him — pedophilias are considered the lowest form of prison life — except for Juan, one of the institution's older prisoners, who treats him with dignity.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Nathan George
Ice
Don Blakely
El Raheem
Tony DiBenedetto
Tony (as Tony Di Benedetto)
Shawn Elliott
Paco
Joseph Carberry
Longshoe
Bob Maroff
Mr. Nett
Keith Davis
Mr. Brown
Bob O'Connell
Mr. Allard