Can You Dig It: The Phenomenon of The Warriors (ebook)

Upon purchase, you will automatically receive a file containing an .epub file that can be opened and read in any e-reader. Thanks.  CAN YOU DIG ITWalter Hill’s The Warriors was not just a motion picture—it was a social phenomenon on every level.The tale of a Coney Island street gang who, framed for murder, have to make the perilous journey back to home turf across the terrain of rival crews out for revenge, it caused a sensation when it hit the theaters in early 1979. Despite a low budget, an absence of marquee names, and minimal promotion, it proceeded to lead the box office, devoured by an urban youth that had never before been represented non-judgmentally on screen. Within weeks, though, the glory was tarnished when deaths at and around screenings created an unparalleled controversy about imitation of on-screen violence. The Warriors never recovered commercial momentum. However, it never lost its critical kudos, partly deriving from its plot’s unlikely origin—courtesy of the 1965 so