The Tenants (film)
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| Original title | The tenants |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2005 |
| length | 91 minutes |
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| Director | Danny Green |
| script | David Diamond, Danny Green (adaptation), Bernard Malamud (novel) |
| production | Chris Bongrine |
| music | Coati Mundi, Leigh Gorman |
| camera | David Dubois |
| cut | Michael J. Duthie |
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The Tenants is a 2005 drama film starring Snoop Dogg and Dylan McDermott . The film is based on the novel of the same name by Bernard Malamud .
action
The story takes place in Brooklyn in 1972. Harry Lesser is a Jewish novelist who lives in a house that is about to be demolished. Irving Levenspiel, his landlord, tries again and again to bribe Lesser to get him to move. Lesser, however, does not want to leave his familiar surroundings. The reason for this is that he still wants to finish his book. Surprisingly, the African-American Willie Spearmint illegally moves into one of the empty apartments. It turns out that Willie is also a writer. He moved here in search of peace and quiet to work on his work. A conflicted relationship emerges between the Jewish liberal and the black radical. They celebrate, spend evenings together and, above all, talk about their work and works. Willie becomes something of a 'student' for Lesser. At Spearmint's request for criticism, Lesser is given the opportunity to read his book. The book is a kind of 'autobiography' and is dedicated to the liberation of his people. Lesser is not completely convinced of the book, and as an experienced author, criticizes the form in particular. Angry, Willie leaves the apartment and is no longer there for a few days. After a while, the two men meet again. Willie, who now introduces himself by his middle name Bill Spear, tells Lesser that he has read his books. He liked the first one very much and so Willie would like to create a joint work with Lesser, which, however, does not come about when Lesser denies it. Shortly afterwards the landlord will contact you again. He found out that someone moved into an apartment illegally. He informs the police about it and destroys all of the furniture in Willie's apartment. However, this cannot be beaten and is set up again.
Just like at a party night, Lesser meets Willie's white friend Irene in an art gallery. They begin an affair and, after completing Lesser's book, plan to leave New York and get married. After Lesser confesses his love for Irene Willie, they fight. Willie then disappears. A few days later, Lesser's apartment was broken into, and the manuscript for his book was stolen. Lesser decides to write his book again. He plans about 6 months for this project. After a month, Irene decides to move to San Francisco alone because she doesn't want to wait any longer. Grief and anger run through Lesser. Willie is back at his apartment one day. The moment Willie leaves the room, Lesser destroys the African American's typewriter. There is a mutual hunt in the apartment building. When Lesser hits Willie with an ax, he flies painfully on his back and shoots Lesser with a revolver. Both ultimately die in the hallway of the apartment building.
criticism
“After his successful careers as a rapper and porn producer, incisive supporting roles in comedy (Starsky and Hutch, Soul Plane) and two excursions into the horror genre (Bones, Snoop Dogg's Hood Of Horror), Snoop Dogg delivers with Danny Green's 70s -Drama "The Tenants", a film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Bernard Malamud, is now making his first attempt at serious acting. And just like with all his previous occupations, as a super cool motherfucker, he steals the show from everyone else involved - which in the end turns out to be one of the greatest strengths, but also the only notable weakness of the film. "
Web links
- The Tenants in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- The Tenants atMetacritic(English)
- The Tenants atRotten Tomatoes(English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christoph Petersen: Critique of the FILMSTARTS.de editorial team. Retrieved October 26, 2014 .