In Reply to: "Street Thief:" makes just about any crime film you've seen before seem fake, posted by tinear on February 17, 2009 at 09:48:06:
The director said in the Q&A at Chicago Film Festival that he grew up around people that operated like that he was telling no lies ;-).
The actors and the business owners were in on the premise, but the film itself is a work of fiction, albeit a highly realistic one.
I believe Street Thief did win an award in Chicago, and Bader (the director) got some kind of award also, but it never got a wide elease. It has shown on cable though, although never when I could see it again..
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- "Real" good film - "fake" crimes. - Harmonia 12:34:30 02/18/09 (0)