The Little Fugitive by Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin and Ray Ashley by Smarty

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The Little Fugitive by Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin and Ray Ashley by smArty

Brooklyn, in the fifties. Lennie's mother gives her custody of her little brother Joey because she has to go to her grandmother's bedside when she is sick. Lennie planned to spend the weekend with her friends. Irritated at having to take her little brother everywhere with him, he decides to play a trick on her by faking a rifle accident. Convinced of having caused his brother's death, Joey runs away to Coney Island, a huge New York beach dedicated to rides and fun...

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Filmed in sumptuous black and white, The Little Fugitive is considered the precursor of American independent cinema, which strongly inspired the early films of John Cassavetes and Martin Scorsese. True avant-gardists, Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin and Ray Ashley immersed themselves in the crowds of Coney Island, a mythical place in New York, and produced an unprecedented work at child's height. Prototype of the low-budget film shot on natural sets and with non-professional actors, The Little Fugitive - haloed with the Silver Lion in Venice - has gone down in film history as a founding influence, especially for the New Wave.

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15 Feb 2021 #NewYork #Brooklyn #Film

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