Word: camera
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...came right after the it-will-make-you-go-to-Hell idea, and right before the it-will-make-you-into-a-rapist-and-batterer idea. Pornography is nothing new: there have been pornographic movies since the invention of the motion picture, pornographic photographs since the invention of the camera; there has been pornographic literature and visual art since ancient times. And there have also always been those who wish to take away our rights to view what we please on the grounds that society is being damaged. Needless to say, while they masquerade as defending our welfare, their intentions...
Shot on location in working-class Providence, Rhode Island, "Federal Hill" presents tough Italians on their own turf. Given the interesting group of young guys the camera tracks, and the freshness of newcomer writer/director Michael Corrente, the odds for success would seem good...
Occasionally the low-budget film achieves moments which capture the antsy, interior world of close male friends in the tradition of "American Graffiti" or "Dinner." Too often, however, static camera work, awkward acting and the deliberate plod of the plot hinder potentially sharp interactions...
...drama in "Federal Hill" is un-American, unaided by satisfying camera movement and impeded by occasionally awkward performances from inexperienced movie actors. Though commendable for his obvious dedication to realism and down-to-earth movie-making, Corrente overestimates the attention span of movie-goers and underestimates their sophistication...
Schiller's piece of the action is not known, but is not likely to be inconsequential either. When Schiller was a kid, Mailer wrote in The Executioner's Song, he had a police radio, a bicycle and a camera. When he heard about an accident, he tore off toward it. Even if the scene was far away and he was tardy, Schiller sold pictures of the skid marks to insurance companies. So he was right at home last week in the car wreck called the O.J. Simpson trial...