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Anyone else love this movie?


Is there anyone else out there that loves and appreciates this film as much as I do?

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I remember I saw this movie at a very young age (I think I was 12 or even younger) in the '70s.

It is one of the few movies that left a very vivid memory with me. The loneliness, the bitterness of Nazerman, as opposed to the happy years before the holocaust, the sadness and devastation of New York in black and white, the music....

I've wanted to watch it again for a long time.
I saw it yesterday 40 years later and I have to say it has kept its qualities intact after all this time. Maybe Rod Steiger's expressions were a bit "too much" at times, but all in all a great movie that hasn't aged a bit.

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It's in my Top 5 of that year.

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A longtime favorite of mine. I agree about Steiger. He gives one of the most shattering performances I've ever seen. And the film is done in a brilliant, unique style, using NYC as an overwhelming environment full of characters I can never forget.

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