Polyglot
3Jan12
A classic.
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AntioneOscar69
13May12
One of the most influential, ahead of its time American films ever made. In its unsparing look at the disadvantaged and its masterful camera work, it is akin to Ray's Pather Panchali, yet in a class by itself. A clear precursor not just to films like Do The Right Thing and Menace II Society, but indie films in general. Poetic, heartbreaking, vivid, humane, haunting. One of the greatest films ever made.
James Kang
6May12
The acting is weak, but Burnett's use of music is awe-inspiring. The slow dance to "This Bitter Earth" took my breath away.
Eddiepodoolski
17Mar12
I forgot for a moment that is a movie and not a documentary. simply magnificent!
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JP. Schmidt
2Jan12
A beautiful, beautiful film. It saddens me to see that for the same price as filming Star Wars: A New Hope . . . we could get 110 films funded like this one that touch the depths of the human soul and struggle of what it is to love and live. . . but lazers and wookies are cool too.
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Arsaib
15Dec10
A rough-hewn American masterpiece on the order of Cassavetes' Shadows and Kent Mackenzie's The Exiles, Killer of Sheep has a profound sense of beauty and sadness that is in equal measure tactile and elusive.
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Zachary George Najarian-Najafi
22Oct10
Honestly, I found it to be really uninteresting. While Killer of Sheep had the potential to be a great film, it completely bypasses that opportunity with a script that creates only a vague impression of story and character. Mostly we just watch grungy people do grungy things, and it comes off as a forceful attempt at transcendence. Nice compositions though.
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Zachary Phillip Brailsford
4Jul10
Watched this in a theater today. Because of issues the night before, I hadn't gotten enough sleep, and so my eyes were doing that weird thing where everything melds into itself. I'm not going to rate it yet, therefore, but I know that what I saw was very good! :D Savvy
Jeremy Moss
31May10
The most appealing elements, for me, were the documentary-like moments at the slaughterhouse interwoven within the film’s narrative. A wonderfully inventive and honest film that openly pays homage, yet does not copy, great cinematic inventions and practices.
Nikyatu
27Jul09
The production value, in my opinion, definitely does not diminish what Burnett was trying to accomplish--a simple slice of life/character piece exploring (the still prevalent) economic woes of lower class Blacks in LA. I mean, this was his freaking thesis film--not too many people can pull something like this off even with a 50 G budget let alone a 10 G budget (which is what he supposedly spent).
Joshua Dysart
1Jul09
Shot on the streets of my beloved Los Angeles in the 1970's it is a wonderful attempt at American ghetto neorealism. There are moments of pure transcendence in this movie (in front of the window... oh... amazing). And I actually like the rugged production value, unlike the reviewer below, but then I dig things when they feel a little more homemade.
Fernando Beltran y Puga
22Jun09
Great filmmaker and strong storytelling but the production value is not there. I don't think lack of budget would be a reason not to up the ante.