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"Gimme the Loot"
While some folks may beg for subtitles on the authentic lickety split dialogue from young newcomers Tysheeb Hickson and Tashiana R. Washington, Leon moves his camera with assurance and finds a quirky rhythym for this unromantic tale of two buddy taggers on the roam in The Bronx, trying to hang onto their money and their gear as they duck rival gangs and cops. My favorite bit: Hickson tries to score with a well-heeled young drug client who he also plans to rob. He fails to do both and takes off across the rooftops, then watches her from afar as she climbs a ladder to a rooftop cistern for a swim. Stunning.
Here's Shadow & Act's SXSW review.
1 Comment
rgm | May 19, 2012 10:06 PM
I'd be curious to hear from anyone who saw this film subtitled at Cannes, since just about every fifth word in many scenes, typically, is "fuck." If only the rest of the dialogue were as clear. "Gimme The Loot," is a smart little picture with a lot going for it, but, yes, even a US audience might need a few subtitles. If only they'd had the funds to end with a graffiti spraying of the Met's Home Run Apple -- or just an aerial shot of Hickson's classy drug client actually swimming in her building's rooftop water tank. Surely, one of the neatest NYC scenes of the entire film.