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After writing Taxi Driver for Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader made his directorial debut with this profane and profound drama about life on the factory floor of a Detroit car manufacturing plant. With explosive performances from the great Richard Pryor (Silver Streak, Stir Crazy), Harvey Keitel (The Border, Pulp Fiction) and Yaphet Kotto Live and Let Die, Alien), Blue Collar presents one of the most authentic portraits of working-class life in all American cinema, and is one of the finest films of the 1970s.
- Powerhouse Films
- Paul Schrader
- 15
- 1978
- English
- B
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After writing Taxi Driver for Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader made his directorial debut with this profane and profound drama about life on the factory floor of a Detroit car manufacturing plant. With explosive performances from the great Richard Pryor (Silver Streak, Stir Crazy), Harvey Keitel (The Border, Pulp Fiction) and Yaphet Kotto Live and Let Die, Alien), Blue Collar presents one of the most authentic portraits of working-class life in all American cinema, and is one of the finest films of the 1970s.
- Powerhouse Films
- Paul Schrader
- 15
- 1978
- English
- B
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A gem from the seventies
"Blue Collar" marked the directorial debut of the great Paul Schrader, whose previous credits included Martin Scorsese's classic "Taxi Driver". This semi-forgotten drama has been rescued from cinematic oblivion and restored to its rightful place on UK Blu-ray. Three friends who work at an auto plant rob their local union's safe but net only a few hundred dollars. The union, however, claims that thousands were stolen. Cue an involving and dramatic tale where friends wonder who they can trust: can they even trust each other? Richard Pryor is great in a straight role, but just as good are Harvey Keitel - barely known at the time - and the great Yaphet Kotto, already seen in Live And Let Die and later to be seen in Alien and Midnight Run, amongst many others. Unfortunately I can't comment on the quality of the Blu-ray itself because it's out of my price range, and I'm hoping to win Zavvi's review voucher so I can finally get it! The Powerhouse/Indicator label has released some great titles, but they really need to reduce the price just a little … since the arrival of Criterion in the UK, these admirable boutique labels have, sadly, adopted the Criterion route of charging ultra-high prices. Thankfully labels like Eureka are keeping prices at a reasonable level, so let's hope that the other smaller labels follow suit: we're not all mega-rich!
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