1978 · crime · drama
Fingers
Directed by James Toback1h 30m1978
A wanna-be concert pianist spends his days making a living by collecting debts for his Mafioso father, a lifestyle that could eventually ruin his dreams of a musical career.
Our read: Fingers (1978) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive crime · drama entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, extreme crime / drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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