Dark Days

Dark Days

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For years, a homeless community took root in a train tunnel beneath New York City, braving dangerous conditions and perpetual night. DARK DAYS explores this surprisingly domestic subterranean world, unearthing a way of life unimaginable to those above. Through stories simultaneously heartbreaking, hilarious, intimate, and off the cuff, tunnel dwellers reveal their reasons for taking refuge and their struggle to survive underground. Filmed in striking black and white with a crew comprised of the tunnel’s inhabitants and scored by legendary turntablist DJ Shadow, DARK DAYS is a soulful and enduring document of life on the fringe.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

Disc one

  • Dark Days – all-new digital transfer from original 35 mm telecine 
  • Audio commentary with director Marc Singer 
  • English subtitles for the hearing impaired
  • The Making of Dark Days (2000) – interviews with Marc Singer, DJ Shadow, and others 
  • The Tunnel Today – director Marc Singer revisits the tunnel in 2011
  • Fragile Dwelling – an all new photo essay featuring photographs by Margaret Morton
  • Dark Days Design – a look at the typography with title designer Jay Hillyer
  • Life After the Tunnel – an update on the characters
  • Introduction with former New York City Mayor David Dinkins and Q&A with Singer and Executive Director of the Coalition for the Homeless Mary E. Brosnahan at the Maysles Cinema in 2011
  • Original theatrical trailer
  • Deleted scenes with notes by Marc Singer

With an exclusive essay by film critic Kenneth Turan

 

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