Markowitz hits the ‘Dark Streets’
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What up thugs?
Mark-O-WitZ the Thug ya luv here.
I got my ass over to the CineVegas Film Festival and caught the world premiere of the new Bijou Phillips movie “Dark Streets” on Saturday night.
It was dope ya’ll.
I’m a fan of Bijou and luckily I caught her ass running out the theater door after the movie to snap the above photo.
That is her with her mother Geneviève Waïte, the former singer/model/actress and wife of the late singer-songwriter John Phillips of The Mamas & The Papas.
I also caught the director of the film Rachel Samuels. That is her looking all sweet at right.
So anyways, the film was about some thugs and sexy ladies. It was a musical film noir.
If you like movies with gangsters, flapper hotties singing Betty Boop type tunes then this one will probably be the big cheese to you.
This one homeboy in the movie tripped me out. His name was Prince. He has a mohawk like my big baby brother Princey LaVoe. But this Prince can sing, dance and rhyme with the best of them. My brother can’t even do jumping jacks right.
Anyways, read part of the PollyStaffle.com review below:
“Many do not consider film noir its own genre. The term, which was coined by critic Nino Frank, is French for ‘black film’ and is said to be a visual style that was popularized in crime films in the 1940’s and 50’s. But it’s more than simply a style. It truly is a genre, a highly stylized one that is often overlooked. In the modern days of cinema, directors have toyed with film noir and, essentially, created new subgenres. Not only is there classic film noir (’L.A. Confidential’), there is also sci-fi noir (’Blade Runner’), exploitation noir (’Reservoir Dogs’), nudie noir (’Basic Instinct’), high school noir (’Brick’), comic book noir (’Sin City’), neo noir (’Get Carter’), western noir (’Unforgiven’), psycho noir (’Taxi Driver’) and comedy noir (’Who Framed Roger Rabbit?’). Now with the movie ‘Dark Streets,’ director Rachel Samuels adds the subgenre musical noir to the list.
Based on a play called ‘The City Club,’ Samuels’ film is filled with a lot of good stuff. It isn’t anywhere close to being a perfect movie; the plot is weak, the characters are all underdeveloped and the protagonist lacks the charisma and faults he needs to take center stage in this glamorous, yet dark and dangerous place. Even still, ‘Dark Streets’ is an entertaining and highly admirable work of art.” Click here to continue reading.
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