Tomorrow’s film, as part of the directors and their “muses” series, is Martin Scorsese’s remarkable film, Mean Streets (1973). The film starts two of Scorsese’s great muses, Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro. This was Scorsese’s first film with De Niro, and his second with Keitel. A total of 12 Scorsese films feature either or both actors. Mean Streets is the story of Charlie, a young hood whose deeply torn attitudes towards Catholicism, his friendship with Johnny Boy (played by De Niro), and his relationship with his girlfriend Teresa (Amy Robinson) hurl him into cicumstances way beyond his control. Keitel and De Niro are superb (watch for the improvised scene, in which Johnny Boy talks about Joey Clams/Joey Scallops), and Scorsese’s direction is sometimes dazzling (watch for a shot of Charlie passing out drunk in a bar–the shot was inspired by Karl Freund’s camerwork for F.W. Murnaus classic of German Expressionism, Der Letzte Mann). From the opening credits, featuring The Ronettes’ classic hit “Be My Baby,” you know you’re in for a wild and exciting ride. Join us tonight at 7:00pm.