Mean Streets - Demetrios Matheou (BFI Film Classics) Russia As an elderly man tries

As an elderly man tries to make sense of his changing circumstances his confusion grows

Hyperkinetic and violent

in their isolation the two women's personalities merge

frustration and shallowness

Mean Streets - Demetrios Matheou (BFI Film Classics) Russia As an elderly man tries'Mean Streets' by Demtrios Matheou (BFI Film Classics paperback 112 pages) Demetrios Matheou's insightful study considers Mean Streets' production history in the context of the New Hollywood period of American cinema, noting also the key roles played by John Cassavetes and Roger Corman. He analyses the importance of Scorsese's background to the film's characters and themes, including preoccupations with guilt, redemption and criminal subcultures; the