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Down Around Here
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ISBN: 0802602827     ISBN-13: 9780802602824
Publisher: National Film Network
OUR PRICE:   $24.70  
Product Type: DVD-Video
Published: January 1995
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Annotation: Shot over two years in the late '70s by filmmaker David Sutherland, this film represents a living snapshot of a bygone age.


Sutherland often visited the diner during his childhood, drinking in the sights and sounds of the blue-collar regulars at lunch while Russ Young, the owner, regaled them with ballads from his youth. In the refuge of the diner, customers could relive the glory days of Boston sports heroes Jack Sharkey and Lefty Grove while lamenting the changes in the world around them.


The film represents one of the last places where Boston remained the bygone city of James Michael Curley and Honey Fitz, alongside the Catholic Church of Cardinal Cushing and fish on Fridays. And in the end, the cameras rolled as the diner was boarded up and carted away by a team of horse--the ending of an era and the passing of a dream.
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Themes:
- Cultural Region - New England
- Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts
- Locality - Boston-Worcester, Mass.
 
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Publisher Description:
Shot over two years in the late '70s by filmmaker David Sutherland, this film represents a living snapshot of a bygone age.
Sutherland often visited the diner during his childhood, drinking in the sights and sounds of the blue-collar regulars at lunch while Russ Young, the owner, regaled them with ballads from his youth. In the refuge of the diner, customers could relive the glory days of Boston sports heroes Jack Sharkey and Lefty Grove while lamenting the changes in the world around them.
The film represents one of the last places where Boston remained the bygone city of James Michael Curley and Honey Fitz, alongside the Catholic Church of Cardinal Cushing and fish on Fridays. And in the end, the cameras rolled as the diner was boarded up and carted away by a team of horse--the ending of an era and the passing of a dream.