1999 · drama · crime · thriller
Summer of Sam
Directed by Spike Lee2h 22m1999
Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American Northeast Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.
Our read: Summer of Sam (1999) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded drama · crime · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, kinetic, measured drama / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
- bleak
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