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Actors: John Leguizamo, Mira Sorvino, Adrien Brody, Jennifer Esposito, Ben Gazzara, John Savage, Michael Rispoli
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Summer of Sam |
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Co-written and directed by Spike Lee in 1999. The setting is the Italian district of NYC in 1977. A serial killer, known as the Son of Sam, has already killed six times. All his victims are young women with brown hair who were murdered at night in the streets of this quiet Italian neighborhood. Joey and his friends are thugs working for the local mob boss Don Luigi. They're sure that the killer lives near-at-hand and they decide to draw up a list of possible suspects. Their former friend Richie appears in the lead of the list. The English "punk" look of Richie is at this time the cause of a lot of gossips in this rather conservative neighborhood. Richie plays the guitar in a punk band and also secretly works as a male stripper and prostitute in a gay bar.
Vinny and Dionna, Joey's friends, have been married for two years now. Vinny, who's a hairdresser, cheats on his wife with his colleagues and even with her cousin. When the last two victims of Sam are found at the exact place where, the day before, he had seduced Dionna's cousin, Vinny decides to become a faithful husband from this moment on. Unfortunately, his wife learns about his infidelities and leaves him. Vinny takes refuge in alcohol and drugs and accepts, reluctantly, to guide Joey and his friends to Richie's. Richie who denies being the Son of Sam, refuses to meet Don Luigi who had agreed to help the police force to find the Son of Sam.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Summer of Sam |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- catching brutal killer/stalker
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Kind of sex:
- Two guys MAKING OUT (squish squish!)
Vigilante/Revenge?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) very skinny
Unclothed?
- Chest and Buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) fat
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Dumb
Physique
- average physique
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- orgies
- actual description of sex
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude male butt
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
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