http://mehulhirani.com Mehul Hirani - Interaction Designer Tue, 09 Nov 2010 20:07:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://mehulhirani.com/moviereviews/dark-days/ http://mehulhirani.com/moviereviews/dark-days/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 Mehul
The film Produced, Filmed & Directed by Marc Singer in short and is not an understatement is a masterpiece of modern cinema. Dark Days is 'real' and 'honest' in every way, depicting the lives of some of the people living in the tunnels underneath New York City.

He follows them showing you how they really are. Marc Singer uses the camera as a tool to let us, and the world know the truth, about what is going on. We see personal accounts from many of the residents who share their experiences that give us insight to how they ended up in the tunnel. Many believed that they were being punished for their crimes or wrong doings in the past, from ‘one extreme to another’ Why? One the one hand they lived relatively independent not worrying paying bills because they had access to gas and electricity, but on the other hand the living conditions in the tunnels had led to some being very ill with respiratory problems due to the damp and dusty conditions. Oh did I mention rodents, I mean rats, lots of them thousands and thousands of them looking for food, running by in droves sometimes.

Marc Singer who has been living in America since 1994, decided amongst his close friends one evening that he wanted to go into the tunnels, at that time with no intention of making a film let alone spending two years making it. It was after living in the tunnel for some months making friends and seeing people for who they were and not homeless people when he realised he could do something to make a difference...

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