{"id":89268,"date":"2023-01-13T12:35:44","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T19:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=89268"},"modified":"2023-09-02T23:50:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T06:50:56","slug":"mean-streets-1973","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=89268","title":{"rendered":"Mean Streets (1973)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Honorable men go with honorable men.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Poster-199x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-89269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Poster-199x300.png 199w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Poster-85x128.png 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Poster-179x270.png 179w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Poster.png 631w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAn aspiring restauranteur (Harvey Keitel) in New York&#8217;s Little Italy works overtime to keep his buddy (Robert De Niro) out of trouble and to hide his relationship with De Niro&#8217;s cousin (Amy Robinson).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>David Carradine Films<\/li>\n<li>Friendship<\/li>\n<li>Harvey Keitel Films<\/li>\n<li>Mafia<\/li>\n<li>Martin Scorsese Films<\/li>\n<li>New York City<\/li>\n<li>Robert De Niro Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that &#8220;Martin Scorsese emerged from obscurity with this violent, visually dazzling love-hate remembrance of life in New York&#8217;s Little Italy,&#8221; an &#8220;independent film deal[ing] with young low-level criminals &#8212; second-rank loan sharks, numbers men, street hustlers, collectors &#8212; whose goal is to move up in the Mafia hierarchy.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Restaurant2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Restaurant2-1024x569.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-89286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Restaurant2-1024x569.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Restaurant2-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Restaurant2-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Restaurant2-768x427.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Restaurant2-486x270.png 486w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Restaurant2-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Restaurant2.png 1291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Specifically, the storyline centers on Harvey Keitel&#8217;s Charlie, who &#8220;wants his Mafia uncle [Cesare Danova] to give him a restaurant that was taken from its rightful owner&#8221; &#8212; but in order to achieve this goal &#8220;must keep secret his friendship with stupid, irresponsible, reckless Robert De Niro (who became a star as Johnny Boy)&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-De-Niro-Keitel-Red.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-De-Niro-Keitel-Red-1024x563.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"352\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-89285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-De-Niro-Keitel-Red-1024x563.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-De-Niro-Keitel-Red-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-De-Niro-Keitel-Red-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-De-Niro-Keitel-Red-768x422.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-De-Niro-Keitel-Red-491x270.png 491w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-De-Niro-Keitel-Red.png 1301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and his &#8220;love for De Niro&#8217;s epileptic cousin, Amy Robinson.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Robinson4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Robinson4-1024x568.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-89275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Robinson4-1024x568.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Robinson4-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Robinson4-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Robinson4-768x426.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Robinson4-487x270.png 487w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Robinson4-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Robinson4.png 1289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The bulk of Charlie&#8217;s time is spent &#8220;getting De Niro out of trouble&#8230; and eventually tr[ying] to get him out of town to avoid a loan shark (Richard Romanus) &#8230; to whom he&#8217;s deeply in debt.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Romanus.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Romanus-1024x570.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-89274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Romanus-1024x570.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Romanus-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Romanus-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Romanus-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Romanus-485x270.png 485w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Romanus-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Romanus.png 1287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peary describes this film as &#8220;an alternative to <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=89170\"><em>Diner<\/em><\/a>,&#8221; showing &#8220;young Italian buddies hanging out&#8221; in a bar, &#8220;carrying on conversations (heavily improvised) that have more slaps and shoves than words, holding two-minute grudges against each other, losing their tempers&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Angry.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Angry-1024x571.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"357\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-89276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Angry-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Angry-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Angry-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Angry-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Angry-484x270.png 484w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Angry.png 1247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;discussing what&#8217;s happening on the streets, making a play for women, scheming to get cash to see a movie up on 42nd Street, figuring out how to smooth things over between De Niro and Romanus, [and] watching strangers engage in violence.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Peary notes that while &#8220;Scorsese calls attention to his characters&#8217; foul racism and [their] foolish male posturing&#8221; he &#8220;sees these young men sympathetically, as victims of their crowded, brutal, corrupt hell-town.&#8221; He points out that the &#8220;film has [a] distinct rhythm created by [a] rock-band score, camera movement, [and a] special brand of patter between characters&#8221;; meanwhile, &#8220;the strong use of city locales indicates Scorsese was an expert on post-WWII Italian neo-realist films.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Walking-Brick.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Walking-Brick-1024x565.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"353\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-89277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Walking-Brick-1024x565.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Walking-Brick-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Walking-Brick-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Walking-Brick-768x424.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Walking-Brick-489x270.png 489w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Walking-Brick.png 1299w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, he argues that &#8220;this remains one of Scorsese&#8217;s most exciting efforts.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>While I appreciate all of Peary&#8217;s points &#8212; and can see how Scorsese fans would view this film as a powerful harbinger of what was to come &#8212; I differ from most critics in that I don&#8217;t see it as necessary viewing in its own right. There is little satisfaction in watching these young men hanging out and wreaking havoc; while Scorsese&#8217;s camerawork is consistently creative and Kent Wakeford&#8217;s cinematography is highly atmospheric, the storyline they&#8217;re working in service of doesn&#8217;t quite pay off. <\/p>\n<p>Watch for David Carradine as a drunk in the bar who meets a violent (what else?) end: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Carradine.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Carradine-1024x577.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-89282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Carradine-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Carradine-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Carradine-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Carradine-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Carradine-479x270.png 479w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Carradine.png 1291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and Scorsese himself in a small but crucial (and violent; what else?) cameo near the end. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Scorsese-Killer.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Scorsese-Killer-1024x566.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"354\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-89283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Scorsese-Killer-1024x566.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Scorsese-Killer-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Scorsese-Killer-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Scorsese-Killer-768x425.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Scorsese-Killer-488x270.png 488w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Scorsese-Killer-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Scorsese-Killer.png 1293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Harvey Keitel as Charlie<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Keitel2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Keitel2-1024x580.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"363\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-89278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Keitel2-1024x580.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Keitel2-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Keitel2-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Keitel2-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Keitel2-476x270.png 476w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Keitel2.png 1265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Robert De Niro as Johnny Boy<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-De-Niro.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-De-Niro-1024x573.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-89279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-De-Niro-1024x573.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-De-Niro-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-De-Niro-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-De-Niro-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-De-Niro-483x270.png 483w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-De-Niro.png 1293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Atmospheric cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Pool.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Pool-1024x570.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-89280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Pool-1024x570.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Pool-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Pool-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Pool-768x427.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Pool-485x270.png 485w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Pool-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mean-Streets-Pool.png 1285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s certainly worth a look for its historical relevance. <\/p>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/1001Movies.htm\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0070379\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.filmsite.org\/meanstreets.html\">FilmSite Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/83170\/mean-streets#articles-reviews?articleId=236444\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Honorable men go with honorable men.&#8221; Synopsis: An aspiring restauranteur (Harvey Keitel) in New York&#8217;s Little Italy works overtime to keep his buddy (Robert De Niro) out 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