New York Saints (2015)
35KNew York Saints: Directed by Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini. With Henry Kelemen, Julianne Nicholson, Ethan Hawke, Asa Butterfield. Set in the 1980s, a teenager from Vermont moves to New York City to live with his father in East Village.
“Canu0026#39;t help but to love a movie that reminds me of old school New York. Was it really that great? Thatu0026#39;s how I remember it to be. Than again, Iu0026#39;m not old enough to have struggled on those streets, Squatting in houses and being semi homeless for my art, which the movie glorifies. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThey did a pretty good job at recreating late 1980s NYC with tight shoots to leave out how alphabet city has change and to keep how it stayed the same, using Super composites of CBGBs, old trains and even phone booths, plus old shots of world trade. Itu0026#39;s cool that technology allows us to do that now.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe movieu0026#39;s focus on that time period sometimes feels force with one liners explaining how that moment of the late 80s was about to spawn what that neighborhood next to Thompson Square park is now.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI thought it was interesting that the actual band, Army of One is showcased in the movie, though not the center focus of the movie, itu0026#39;s about their tour Guitar player Jude and his life, based on a book that I did not read. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eEthan Hawke as Judeu0026#39;s dad Les was charming and funny u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItu0026#39;s a hardcore punk version of Juno in a lot of ways, but all together a coming-of-age story with a lot of layers to it as it Centers around Jude and his friendships with other kids. It was a great ensemble cast. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eDefinitely worth checking out.”
