- Actors: Stephen Lang, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Burt Young, Peter Dobson, Jerry Orbach
- Directors: Ulrich Edel
- Format: Import, NTSC
- Language: English
- Subtitles: Korean
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
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- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004CZOE
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Very Guilty Pleasure,
Ce commentaire est de: Last Exit to Brooklyn (VHS Tape)
This is not a film for uptight people who can't see the form of art beyond this film's less-than-subtle depliction with sex, drugs and violence. This film deals with a box of subjects ( drag queens, gays, prostitution and gang rape ) that makes the " decent " of society run the other way. It's one film I suggest people over seventeen see at least once. The director's woven the novelist's tale into an unforgettable book flattery. This is one of the best film adaptations of a book I've ever witnessed. The actors will leave you breathless. The film doesn't present one dull moment. The movie is full of intense emotion and reality. Take it like it is if you can handle it.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Why the Dodgers left Brooklyn,
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Ce commentaire est de: Last Exit to Brooklyn (VHS Tape)
It's the 1950s. Under President Eisenhower's administration, everyone has a house in the suburbs, a decent job, a gas-guzzling car, and a basic "Leave It to Beaver" lifestyle.Not so, said Hubert Selby, in his novel, LAST EXIT TO BROOKLYN. For a good deal of the working class, times were still tough. Preyed upon by crime, toyed with by factory owners and unions, and, ultimately, shackled by their own ignorance, the working class had their promise of a white picket fence and primrose garden vacated. In Brooklyn, particularly, things were acutely tough. Manufacturing jobs were on a rapid decline, as companies moved out of town or out of state (which was why those companies remaining in Brooklyn were able to mess with their employees: take it or leave it, was their attitude). At the same time, an influx of immigrants seeking jobs made the hunt for work even more competitive--another bonus for the remaining factory owners. Slums rapidly worsened, so much so that Dodger owner Walter Alston decided his team's future was in jeopardy. L.A. looked like a much safer place for a stadium. But neither Selby nor director Uli Edel portrayed this working class as merely innocent victims. Neither the book nor the film is a didactic rant about class warfare. The poor had their own vices of greed, brutality, and dissipation. Just about every other scene has someone going through someone else's wallets, union funds or pockets. If they aren't doing that, they're drinking, fighting, or whoring. It's a pretty dismal world. The natural response to this film might be: "Wait a minute. Not everyone working class Johnny-Punchclock guy was a criminal. Most people worked hard and honestly." Of course, this is true but it's not the film's concern. This is a study of those who were trapped in that world, and this study is compelling and horrifying. Uli Edel has perfectly captured this bleak world, either bathing everything in a garish light or obscuring it in heavy shadows. The performances are brilliant. There's no understating Jennifer Jason Leigh's gritty and powerful performance. Also keep an eye out for a cameo by Hubert Selby as the driver who hits Georgette. Not for the weak-stomached and definitely not for kids, LAST EXIT TO BROOKLYN is as cinematographically close to the innermost circle of urban hell as you can get.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Hell of a Film,
By A Customer
Ce commentaire est de: Last Exit to Brooklyn (VHS Tape)
Last Exit to Brooklyn tells a story the way it needs to be told...realistically. This film is not for everyone. If you can't accept the fact that some people do behave like this than this film is not for you. Everyone doesn't live in a fantasy land and Last Exit to Brooklyn shows this. People brought up in conditions like these or who are familiar with people such as this can vouch that people are truly like this in some places. It may not be an excuse for how others act but it is real and this film proves that. This is a powerful, moving film not to be looked upon if you're easily offended out of your own ignorance and live in a rose-colored world. If you have the ability to watch a movie, understand it and be taken in with what the film represents ( without feeling threatened ) then this movie is a keeper. If you can't see that Last Exit to Brooklyn deplicts reality for people other than the super fortunate, rent Sweet Home Alabama because this movie is not for you.
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