I’m not totally sure why I bought this movie… it might be because I quite liked Crossing Delancey (by the same director).
Because it can’t be because of this tweet from March, because I didn’t follow Hazel Flagg back then.
This Blu-ray has been over-restored, perhaps, by the Cohen Film Group. It kinda feels like everything is a bit too sharp? Sharper than it should be?
All the sound is flown in. That is, it doesn’t seem like Micklin Silver had any microphones while filming, so all the voices are dubbed in, and the other sounds a foley. Over-foleyed, really — you can just picture the guys in the sound dept crunching things and moving shoes around.
Man, immigration those days was lax.
Well, that explains the wig; I was wondering. Did they really have wigs that big in those days? (I mean, I know about the Orthodox thing…)
Oh… is that Carol Kane!?
Oh yeah! I guess it is!?
She’s great here. The other actors, though… very variable.
Wise words.
But… er… I’m not really feeling this movie? There’s too many hokey performances and while the plot seems pretty interesting, really, the execution just isn’t that riveting.
I mean, I love Carol Kane here, and it’s kinda interesting. But it’s just hard to keep paying attention, because it’s just … altogether successful.
Hester Street. Joan Micklin Silver. 1975. ⚂
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