Review of Summer of Sam (1999) by Michael T — 08 Mar 2009
Spike Lee takes a nostalgic look back at NYC when it was in debt, crime-ridden, and stalked by a serial killer known as the "Son of Sam." This is also the era of Studio 54 (so there is a lot of Disco on the soundtrack) and the CBGB (but not a lot of Punk on the soundtrack).
Spike makes a cameo appearance as an Afro-American yuppie TV reporter. The film does not focus on the police hunt for Sam so much as it focusses on the residents of an Italian-American Bronx neighborhood during the long, hot summer of 1977.
This review of Summer of Sam (1999) was written by Michael T on 08 Mar 2009.
Summer of Sam has generally received mixed reviews.
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