Mean Streets - Demetrios Matheou (BFI Film Classics) Russia the Nikkatsu art designer fondly

the Nikkatsu art designer fondly remembered for his flamboyant work with Seijun Suzuki in the 1960s

Robert Downey Jr

Visually stunning macabre

Hyperkinetic and violent

frustration and shallowness

Mean Streets - Demetrios Matheou (BFI Film Classics) Russia the Nikkatsu art designer fondly'Mean Streets' by Demtrios Matheou (BFI Film Classics paperback 112 pages) Demetrios Matheou's insightful study considers Mean Streets' production history in the context of the New Hollywood period of American cinema, noting also the key roles played by John Cassavetes and Roger Corman. He analyses the importance of Scorsese's background to the film's characters and themes, including preoccupations with guilt, redemption and criminal subcultures; the