Review of Dark Days (2000) by Richard D — 11 Dec 2016
An amazing documentary from first time director Marc Singer about a community of homeless people living just off the underground subway tracks in NYC. They have built there own shacks and have tapped into the city's power supply.
They have scavenged furniture and appliances and live in what are essentially small, scaled-downed homes, some with pets, some with friends. Singer's film making process somewhat mirrored this community as he worked with borrowed and hand-made equipment with essentially no budget.
You get to know these people very well, and the film humanizes these people for the viewer. It may not be an explicitly political film, but anything that creates human connections across vast economic divides is doing something political.
DJ Shadow provides a remarkable soundtrack.
This review of Dark Days (2000) was written by Richard D on 11 Dec 2016.
Dark Days has generally received very positive reviews.
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