Director: Martin Scorsese
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore is a classic '70s' film - it's a slow-moving character study about a largely regular person. Do we even have movies about poor people anymore, or just movies about poor people who become rich? Alice struggles to find employment after her husband's death, as she goes on the road with her 12 year old son with the hope of eventually returning to her hometown to live.
Knowing what I knew about this movie going in (very little), I joked to myself that Scorsese would have all sorts of fast camera zooms and 'Sympathy For the Devil' on the soundtrack. Not quite - but the film is laid out with the vision of a master. A lot of these 70s talkfests stick the camera in one place, or they'll start a scene in an interesting place but not finish anywhere interesting. This film is clearly made by someone who thinks visually first and foremost.
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