Little Fugitive (re-release)

Name: Little Fugitive (re-release)
Genre: Drama, Family
Released: February 1, 2013
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 91

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Joseph Burstyn | Release Date: February 1, 2013 | TV-G

Summary: The winner of the Silver Lion at the 1953 Venice Film Festival tells the story of Joey, a young boy who runs away to Coney Island after he is tricked into believing he has killed his older brother.

Director: Morris Engel and Ray Ashley and Ruth Orkin

Genre(s): Drama, Family

Rating: TV-G

Runtime: 80 min

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Nick Pinkerton

Jan 29, 2013

The film's genius is how completely it tunes in to his  experience, delicately outlining Joey's private moments of shame, elation, despondency, and pride. Read full review

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Eric Hynes

Jan 29, 2013

There's influential, and then there's this 1953 microbudgeted beauty, one that's made its way into the DNA of everything from cinema vérité to the French New Wave. Read full review

Joseph Jon Lanthier

Jan 29, 2013

The film's beguiling visual poetry and smatterings of sociological subtext function less than coherently as transitional markers between cinematic epochs, or even as the nascent burblings of any imminent DIY revolution; instead, they're redolent of a modernist apotheosis. Read full review

Mark Feeney

Mar 7, 2013

This is a world where people still put out wash to dry on fire escapes, watermelon has seeds, amusement park rides cost 9 cents. Joey is the little fugitive of the title, of course, but at the heart of the movie, as its makers could never have imagined 60 years ago, is a much bigger fugitive: time itself. Read full review

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KenR

Nov 30, 2021

In 1953 this little independently made film surprisingly found its way onto commercial cinema screens across the land. Its big drawcard was remarkable cinematography by first-time moviemakers, Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, and Ruth Orkin. Sharing the writing, direction, photography, and editingIn 1953 this little independently made film surprisingly found its way onto commercial cinema screens across the land. Its big drawcard was remarkable cinematography by first-time moviemakers, Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, and Ruth Orkin. Sharing the writing, direction, photography, and editing this group of talented folk brought life to a raw but warm story of childhood that resonated with audiences the world over. A simple story of two brothers after one runs away following a practical joke that goes badly wrong - featuring non-professional cast members and using a 35mm camera that had been modified, allowing it to be strapped to the photographer and used much like a steady-cam unit would be today. It's vividly filmed mostly around Coney Island and Brooklyn.

So fresh and inventive was the outcome - in the years that followed, mainstream moviemakers the world over adopted the techniques into their works, starting several new trends in filmmaking. The image and sound remain effective to this day and the newly re-masted Kino Lobar DVD has breathed new life into this ground-breaking little picture. Beware of the color re-make.… Expand

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