Sidewalk Stories
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Synopsis
A young artist living in New York, tries to make a living sketching passers-by on the street. He survives on his meager means and has found refuge in an abandoned building. One night, on the corner of a back alley, he finds a little girl whose father has just been murdered. While struggling to take care of her, he meets a young rich woman who immediately falls in love with this awkward couple. Twenty years before The Artist, Sidewalk Stories portrays the friendship of a tramp and a child, in a moving and funny homage to Chaplin's The Kid. Both witty and tender, Charles Lane's gorgeous black and white comedy pays tribute to the silent film era, as well as capturing the life of homeless New Yorkers.
Cast
- Charles Lane
- Nicole Alysia
- Tom Alpern
- Edwin Anthony
- Michael Baskin
- Jeff Bates
- Angel Cappellino
- Jeffrey Carpentier
- Vince Castelano
- Jimmy Clohessy
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Metacritic
Lane’s conceit is handled with such unassuming sweetness and charm that it never comes across as presumptuous or pretentious, and the simple authority of his conclusion–which uses dialogue in order to point out what most of us refuse to hear when we’re walking down the street–is unimpeachable.
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
Sidewalk Stories weaves a spell as powerful as it is entertaining.
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
Too sympathetic to really dislike, but too benign to leave an impression. [05 Jan 1990, p.G7]
Dave Kehr
Chicago Tribune
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