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FREE "SUMMER SCREENING MIXERS" At BARKER BLOCK (Event Over)
Fri 7/11 (7:30PM) @ Barker Block
501-530 Hewitt St.
Los Angeles, CA
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Editors' Take
The folks behind the Downtown Film Festival select choice indies for your viewing pleasure, starting with this gritty first time feature by Nicola Collins.
July 11th – A Walk On The Wild Side*
“The End” (2008, USA, 68 mins.)
Category: Documentary
Writer/Director: Nicola Collins
* recommended for mature audiences only
If you grow up in a rough neighborhood, you learn how to survive
quickly. In the East End of London after World War II, survival for
some kids led to violent lives. Pretty Boy Roy Shaw got into
“unlicensed” boxing when he learned he was blessed with
the power of punch. Danny Woollard beat up a man who owed him
money—he became a professional enforcer. Victor Dark became a
bank robber. And the filmmaker’s father, Les Falco, describes
his own life without recommendation or criticism.
First-time filmmaker Nicola Collins explores the gritty complexity
of these men's lives; infamous criminals that shaped their war-torn
environment into a violent underworld. In fitting black-and-white
portraits, the men do not leave anything grey—they talk about
their extraordinary lives and their code of honor without shame or
apologies. Film noir is too cute of a movie description. THE END is
bare-knuckle reality.
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