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Originally Posted by Murmer99
unfortunately, I only saw this once. I remember thinking it was one of scorsese's best, but not THE best. Casino, Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, and King of Comedy I enjoyed a bit more. I recall a scene in Mean Streets where Keitel is holding a gun whilst in bed with a woman, and he pulls the trigger... or pretends to and the picture flashes or something to symbolize the shot. It was a long time ago so my memory doesn't serve me too well at the moment, but I thought that was really cool.
I agree 100% on Keitel's performance. Some other great films he's in: Who's That Knocking at My Door, Bad Lieutenant, Bad Timing, Taxi Driver of course, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
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The first time I saw it I never really got it. Nothing seemed to happen and given the title it all seemed pretty un-mean. But it's a film that's grown on me since then to become one of my all-time favourites. The only criticism I can really level at it is that it's perhaps a bit too close to its influences at times. Bits of it are like straight up homages to the nouvelle vague and neo-realism which I don't think is as true of his later films. But there's a kind of punk energy to Mean Streets. It's like a defining statement. As though he never expected to make another movie again so squeezed everything he could into it.