Rumble Fish

Rumble Fish

1983 · 94 min · EN · R · 7.0 (600 votes)
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola · Starring Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane, Dennis Hopper, Diana Scarwid, Vincent Spano · Music Stewart Copeland

Rusty James can't live up to his brother's reputation. His brother can't live it down.

CrimeDrama

Rusty James, an absent-minded street thug, struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days when gang warfare was going on.

VIBE

A visually striking, black-and-white meditation on youth, legacy, and the yearning for a past that never truly was. It feels like a waking dream, drenched in a cool, melancholic atmosphere, exploring the weight of expectation and the search for self amidst a fading world. Deeply atmospheric and reflective.

broodingmelancholicexistentialstylizedintrospectiveslow-burnneo-noirarthousestylized realismdreamlike aestheticbrotherhoodidentitylegacyyouth rebellionnostalgia
street gangpool billiardsgay interestgangthugtulsaoklahomabrother brother relationshipbased on young adult novel
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