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| Summer of Sam |
Adapted from a screenplay co-written by Michael Imperioli (
The Sopranos' Christopher Moltisanti), Lee draws on a specific historical moment - the summer of 1977 in New York City marked by a heatwave, a blackout and the violent exploits of serial killer David Berkowitz (aka 'Son of Sam') - to explore deeper cultural anxieties.
The drama of that summer is played out against a growing divide between neighbourhood buddies Vinny (John Leguizamo), a self-styled Tony Manero, and Richie (Adrien Brody) who reinvents himself as a punk).
"One of Lee's very best films - a sprawling, brilliantly acted character study which also manages to recreate the last days of disco without a note of self-parody"
Sight and Sound
