Summer of Sam
No one is safe from Son of Sam.
CrimeDramaThrillerdistrustitalian american1970sparanoiaintolerancepunk rockserial killersummerbigotrybronx, new york cityson of samdesperate
A paranoid, visceral portrait of a community fractured by serial murder and social prejudice, where fear and distrust corrode the bonds that once held neighbors together.
Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American Northeast Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.
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Same mood
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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
