The majority of the movie takes place in a single location, a subway car in New York City. They’re the diamonds in the rough that can now be rediscovered. Among those many films there are some smaller pictures, movies that weren’t blockbusters and others that found an audience on TV rather than theaters. With first video and now disc those days are gone and if you’re willing to buy or rent a movie you can see some of the best that the past has to offer. Posted by Mark Turner on July 9, 2018 1:04 AMĪlongside the chance to revisit TV series we once grew up with the invention of the DVD has provided us with a chance to revisit classic movies from the past that at one time you had to stay awake for to catch on the late late show. Login to post your own review or comments. Special Features: Isolated Music & Effects Track / Audio Commentary with Director Larry Peerce and Film Historian Nick Redman / Original Theatrical Trailer Shot in brilliant quasi-documentary style by Gerald Hirschfeld, it focuses on a nightmare subway trip and a group of passengers terrorized by a pair of punks (Tony Musante and Martin Sheen, giving stunning early performances) the victims include veterans (Thelma Ritter, Jack Gilford, Jan Sterling, Gary Merrill) and an array of newcomers (Beau Bridges, Ruby Dee, Brock Peters, Robert Fields, Donna Mills). Baehr, is an excoriating look at the average New Yorker’s failure to get involved even when confronted by the most egregious and unfair form of sudden violence. The Incident (1967), directed by Larry Peerce and written by Nicholas E. Sort of an urban Western.The movie works it delivers the goods.” “This is a movie about what happens when…the outlaws terrorize the citizens. It also benefits from remarkable, hi-con noirish cinematography that feels perfectly suited to its story, and fine performances by the entire cast.” Highly recommended.“The film does achieve its central objective by holding the audience in a vice. It is a vital, confrontational piece of work that really has something to say about the worst of who we are, supported by some compelling extras. There’s nothing cosy or nostalgic about The Incident and it will absolutely set you on edge. A trailer for the film rounds out the disc’s extras and in addition to this also included is an accompanying booklet with writing on the film from Samm Deighan and Barry Forshaw along with a reprint of a ‘survival guide’ pamphlet that was circulated during New York’s crime epidemic. The second commentary from writer Alexandra Heller-Nicholas is completely different, with the focus on the film’s perspective on violence, sexual politics and The Incident’s continuing relevance fascinating and necessary. Peerce remains rightfully proud of his achievement and both are worthwhile. There are two commentaries, the first a conversation between cinema historian Nick Redman and Peerce that goes into detail about the challenges involved in the making of the film and the intent behind it and this is complemented by a 30-min Q&A with Peerce from the 2017 Wisconsin Film Festival. The Incident is a remarkable film that works as both a social commentary in microcosm of the issues of the time it was made and a wider examination of society that speaks to the world we live in now.įor this new release we have a crisp and sharp transfer that showcases the beautifully menacing cinematography of Gerald Hirschfeld and Larry Peerce’s dynamic direction, both working together to make the film vivid and immediate. The film holds nothing back with the mean-spirited abuse of the passengers cruel and laced with hatred so that the tension and looming promise of explosive violence to come racks up throughout the second half with an unrelenting intensity. It’s here that Joe and Artie effectively hold them hostage for the purposes of tormenting and threatening the group for their own pleasure. Eventually everyone ends up in the same train carriage. Meanwhile, as the film’s first half plays out, a disparate set of people are all making their journeys home, including gay man Kenneth, older Jewish couple Sam and Bertha, young soldiers Felix and Phillip, African-American couple Arnold and Joan and others who provide a cross-section of society in much the same way disaster movies of the next decade would. Mugging and beating unconscious a man on his way home, they decide to head to Times Square. As it begins, Joe and Artie are two completely amoral New York hoods out for alcohol-fuelled, criminal thrills in the dwindling late hours of a weekend. Made over 50 years ago, The Incident remains an uncompromising and emotionally savage experience. BAEHR / STARRING: TONY MUSANTE, MARTIN SHEEN, BEAU BRIDGES, BROCK PETERS / RELEASE DATE: OUT NOW THE INCIDENT (1967) / CERT: 15 / DIRECTOR: LARRY PEERCE / SCREENPLAY: NICHOLAS E.
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