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Great Dramas w/ Homeless Protagonist?

posted 4 years ago by BillHicksFan (10649)
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There doesn't seem to be many of them, probably because of the lack of commercial appeal, so there might extra pressure to make it great in an artistic way.

Sult/Svält (1966, Henning Carlsen) based on the novel by Knut Hamsun is the first one that comes to mind. Although it's not in my Top 10 or 20 list, I seem to recommend this to people, because it's fascinating, centered around this man who is intriguing, artistic (writer), but who is destitute. I don't wanna put any spoilers out there, but here's the IMDB link
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061042/

The full movie is on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXBUe5bsDjA

[–] FredBurroughs (21872) 4 years ago

Street Trash (1987)

[–] ShogunofYonkers (77996) 4 years ago

😁
I'm sure that's not what Bill is looking for but it was pretty great

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

inspired choice

[–] ShogunofYonkers (77996) 4 years ago

The Pursuit Of Happyness (06) was a pretty good one

[–] Padeen (6459) 4 years ago

Blue Ruin (2013)

Great revenge movie.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (77996) 4 years ago

Great movie
I just rewatched it recently

Macon Blair is a pretty solid character actor

[–] Padeen (6459) 4 years ago

I just looked up Blairs filmography and he's in multiple movies I've seen before, yet I never recognized him from Blue Ruin.

Did you notice Buzz from Home Alone was in the film as well haha?

[–] FredBurroughs (21872) 4 years ago

And Jan from The Brady Bunch.

[–] Padeen (6459) 4 years ago

Wow. Definitely didn't notice that lol.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (77996) 4 years ago

I did not...shame on me!

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

great movie. i believe it's back on tubitv, so it's free for all to see.

[–] keybored (2662) 4 years ago

A Street Cat Named Bob.

[–] jonathan_k80 (6436) 4 years ago

God Bless the Child (1988). Don't let the fact that this was made for television fool you. One of the most depressing films I've ever seen.
https://moviechat.org/tt0095227/God-Bless-the-Child

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Vagabond, 1985
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089960/?mode=desktop&ref_=m_ft_dsk

[–] ShogunofYonkers (77996) 4 years ago

Down And Out In Beverly Hills with Nick Nolte was really quite good...a bit of drama and some comedy

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

midnight Cowboy, Into the Wild & Rambo

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

basketball diaries & everything must go

[–] ShogunofYonkers (77996) 4 years ago

Well done!

[–] BillHicksFan (10649) 4 years ago

Not to quibble, but the two guys in "Midnight Cowboy" had a place to stay, although not a very nice apartment... Great movie, though

[–] NilesStandish (3) 4 years ago

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[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Speaking of I saw on the news, no think it was Inside Edition this morning that Home owners couldn't kick out Squatters because of Covid Laws.

[–] NilesStandish (3) 4 years ago

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[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Inside Edition lied ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_gJaz_F6pY

[–] NilesStandish (3) 4 years ago

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[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

if you say so

[–] NilesStandish (3) 4 years ago

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[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

ok then we'll go with Inside Edition being wrong on this one

[–] NilesStandish (3) 4 years ago

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[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

I've never owned property but that's alarming, mean guard dogs would probably deter most from that

[–] BillHicksFan (10649) 4 years ago

Finally, some good news.