Witches Cauldron (1973)
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| German title | Cauldron |
| Original title | Mean Streets |
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| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English , Italian |
| Publishing year | 1973 |
| length | 112 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
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| Director | Martin Scorsese |
| script | Martin Scorsese, Mardik Martin |
| production | Martin Scorsese, Jonathan T. Taplin |
| music | Eric Clapton |
| camera | Kent Wakeford |
| cut | Sid Levin |
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Hexenkessel (original title: Mean Streets ) is a gangster film by Martin Scorsese from 1973 . It is considered Scorsese's first mafia film . This was followed by Goodfellas , Casino , The Departed and The Irishman .
action
The film is set in Little Italy in the 1960s and deals with the life of the petty criminal Charlie. He works as a debt collector for his uncle Giovanni, a local boss ( Caporegime ) of La Cosa Nostra . As he does his job well, the next step in his career is running a restaurant for Giovanni. Charlie has a secret love affair with his neighbor Teresa, who suffers from epilepsy and is therefore despised as "crazy" by Giovanni. She is also the cousin of Charlie's naive friend Johnny Boy. The work-shy Johnny Boy cannot repay his debts to a Mafioso because he either gambled away his occasional income or spends it on women and expensive clothes. Due to Johnny Boy's unpredictable and unreliable behavior, Charlie has to keep doing damage control.
At some point, Charlie can no longer put off his friend Michael, one of Johnny Boy's believers. However, he manages to negotiate the amount down. However, Johnny Boy does not appear at the agreed time, which makes Michael very angry. Johnny Boy threatens Michael in public with a gun and humiliates him. Since the Mafioso has lost his face, Johnny Boy's life is in danger.
Charlie wants to go into hiding with Johnny Boy and Teresa for a while, but as they drive through Brooklyn , they are shot at from Michael's passing car. Bullets hit Johnny Boy in the throat and Charlie in the hand, causing the car to spiral out of control. The film ends with the rescuing of the injured occupants from Charlie's car.
background
Hexenkessel is based on a script with the working title "Season of the Witch" that Scorsese and his co-writer Mardik Martin wrote in the 1960s.
Originally, the donors wanted to see Jon Voight in the role of Charlie, but he declined the offer. Finally, Harvey Keitel was signed. The film was also the first collaboration between director Martin Scorsese and actor Robert De Niro .
Although the film is set in New York , very few scenes were shot there. In fact, most of the filming took place in Los Angeles .
Reviews
“An intense film that appears to be improvised in parts as if about 'reality', oppressive due to the exhibitionist emotional outbursts of the actors. The then 30-year-old Scorsese staged aggressive, fast-paced and with an attentive eye for authentic details, creating a very idiosyncratic 'big city poetry' that rubs the autobiographical milieu with the myths of the American gangster film. "
Awards and honors
Hexenkessel won the 1974 National Society of Film Critics Awards for Best Supporting Actor ( Robert De Niro ). In addition, were Martin Scorsese and Mardik Martin for the Writers Guild of America nominated Award for best dramatic script (Drama Written Directly for the Screen).
In 1994 the film was accepted by the American National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) in the National Film Registry , a list of films considered culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.
Web links
- Pandemonium in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Cauldron at rotten tomatoes (English)
- Hexenkessel at Metacritic (English)
- Hexenkessel in the online film database
- Hexenkessel in the German dubbing index
- Review by Patrick Joseph in the film headquarters
Individual evidence
- ↑ cauldron. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .