Dark Days

2000

Documentary

4
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 89% · 72 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 89% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.7/10 10 7443 7.4K

new york city homelessness black and white underground tunnel 1990s unhoused population

Plot summary

A cinematic portrait of the homeless population who live permanently in the underground tunnels of New York City.

Director

Marc Singer Photo
Marc Singer

Top cast

Marc Singer Photo
Marc Singer as Self
720p.WEB
752.81 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 21 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by sorianophoto 8 / 10

Beautiful Story of Determination, Self-Exhile, Self-Forgiveness and Encouragement

To actually get the full effect of the documentary, one must watch the special features on the DVD. From there one will learn that the crew for the movie was composed of the same homeless people who were the subject of the film. These folks knew nothing of film-making, but with the encouragement of one, yes ONE, person, they became a team and had a purpose and something to look forward to.The point of their teamwork wasn't to gain a home via the welfare system. Their point was to make a film and use any profits toward getting their own home. They knew day in and day out that everything they had worked on up to that point could be useless if the money ran out, but they did it anyway. They went through everything we throw away and made something of it and themselves. Never once did any of the people who were homeless show self-pity. Some even explained how they got where they were and why they stayed there. Watching their story puts a human face and the people we don't even recognize as human when we see them on the street. It is a beautiful story of self-exhile, self-determination and giving back.If you are bitter, jaded, depressed or full of self-pity, then run to the video store to get this movie. Then be thankful you have a warm dry place to live, money to rent movies and a TV and DVD player.
Reviewed by bedazzle 9 / 10

god bless the homeless

This movie hits upon all the emotional movers: laughter, sadness, regret, hope. The alternative life style is like you've never seen or heard or could have understand through the usual stereotypes. The screen shots are well captured and the music of dj shadow neatly completes the puzzle. The only part I didn't enjoy was the ending. Not that I have anything against those sorts of endings, but as Marc Singer himself told me after the movie, it was unrealistic. It was only possible because of the negative press associated with the issue and the particular homeless of the film. An all-too-real look into american subcultures shouldn't stray into fantasy in the end. I would have lengthened the beginning and middle, and simply left out the ending. BUT, the movie was still great, 9 of 10.
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