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Dark Days

2000 · 1h 22m · Not Rated Documentary
Directed by Marc Singer

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A cinematic portrait of the homeless population who live permanently in the underground tunnels of New York City.

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94%
Tomatometer
Fresh

This is the world discovered and illuminated by gonzo documentarian Marc Singer, who spent a good part of two years living with and chronicling the lives of a half-dozen tunnel dwellers for his remarkable first film, Dark Days

Jack Mathews, New York Daily News
Fresh

Moving and memorable.

David Bianculli, New York Daily News
Fresh

The lives of these people inside their shacks are full of surprises as well as grim confirmations, but the things we don't know about them also significantly shape our experience of the film.

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Rotten

Singer deserves credit for attempting to put a human face on such tragic circumstances, but he appears to have gotten so close to his main subjects that he seems unwilling to make them, or their desperate situation, look too bad.

John Petrakis, Chicago Tribune
Fresh

Some of these hardy souls have lived this way for years, decades even, and they've lived not just to tell the tale but to suggest that they've created a viable alternative existence. At times, Dark Days almost makes you envious. But only almost.

John Hartl, Seattle Times

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