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54
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38
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35
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28
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28
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22
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18
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16
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xx
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Dark Days
Film Forum
MPAA RATING: Not rated
Starring
Marc Singer
A look into the lives of the community of people living for decades beneath New York City in abandoned railway tunnels.
| GENRE(S): |
Documentary
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Marc Singer
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: September 25, 2001
Video: September 25, 2001
Theatrical: August 30, 2000
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| RUNNING TIME: |
94 minutes, B/W |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

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100
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
Black and white has never looked more stark.
88
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Portrait of men and a few women who stubbornly try to maintain some dignity in the face of personal disaster.

88
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
Remarkable first film.

80
The New York Times
Stephen Holden
Dark Days illustrates even the worst nightmare can have descending levels of horror.

80
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
It's remarkable for where it takes us, how it takes us there.

80
TNT RoughCut
Andy Klein
Compellingly watchable.
80
LA Weekly
Ella Taylor
Designed neither to warm your heart nor shelter you in the comfort of liberal guilt, the movie does what so many style-conscious, "subjective" documentaries have long forgotten how to do. It shows you a world, and stays the hell out of it.

78
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
Compelling, relentless cinema.

75
New York Post
Jonathan Foreman
Fascinating, beautifully photographed portrait of a vanished community.
75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
It's hard to imagine an upbeat movie about homelessness, but Dark Days is just that.

75
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Isn't as strong a film as it could have been: Only teasing slices of these people's lives are offered.
75
Portland Oregonian
Shawn Levy
Packs the power to make you see at least a few corners of the world in a new and bracing light.
75
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
Engrossing and eye-opening in several respects and even, when you least expect it, humorous.
70
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
An eye-opening tale of how part of our population lives, and as an authentic image of material suffering it makes something like Lars von Trier's "Dancer in the Dark" seem even more dubious.

70
TV Guide
Ken Fox
Remarkable film.

70
Village Voice
Amy Taubin
Singer achieves remarkable intimacy with his subjects.

63
Chicago Tribune
John Petrakis
There is something inherently dishonest about Dark Days.
60
Variety
Dennis Harvey
Intimate and engrossing.

60
Mr. Showbiz
Michael Atkinson
Arresting, visually accomplished documentary.
58
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
More noteworthy for its intentions than its execution.

50
Film.com
David D'Arcy
Given the enormous praise, the film falls short.


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