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Pacino said 7 minutes of this film got him a role in The Godfather, which changed his life. I presume it is his angry moments, which he does more realistically than anyone, I think. I was impressed by how mature an actor he was from the start of his career. I watched this mainly for the acting, and thought both the leads did a great job. The ending disappointed me as too vague, as if they didn't know how to end it I wish one of them made a remark about moving to Ft. Wayne or to the country to try again, rather than say nothing, which was too timid.
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I can't say I love this film because it's very difficult viewing most of the time, but I thought it captured the characters' torment and turmoil quite well. It has a documentary feel, which works in its favor most of the time, but at others, I think more of a traditional narrative would have helped. 7/10 stars from me.

It was satire. Everything I said in that post is absolute trash and completely void of any common sense or thought.

Unless you're trying to be funny, I tend to assume that no one could achieve this level of incoherence without taking drugs or drinking heavily.

Yeah. Drug addiction doesn't exist. This movie was stupid. Let's all do heroin. Heroin is the same as weed and mushrooms. People who get addicted to heroin don't exist, how unrealistic to have someone get addicted to heroin I mean, give me a break LOL! I grew up in the 60's and we all did heroin and no one ever got addicted because addiction doesn't exist. I never got addicted to heroin so this movie is stupid, duh.
This movie also sucked because.. what the heck! LOL like what? Why didn't Al Pacino and Helen get married or something? NOTHING HAPPENED HOW STUPID!?!?!?!?! Hasn't anyone ever lived before? Everyone knows in real life stuff is always happening and you are always doing crazy beep like getting in gunfights and becoming the drug kingpin of New York and Columbia so why didn't that beep happen in this movie?!?!??????? How unrealistic, honestly. In real life no one suffers or is desperate or lives a sad inane life of repetition and addiction, especially in NEW YORK CITY! New York City is where it all goes down, brother! Everyone in New York is doing crazy awesome beep ALL THE TIME, ALWAYS AND FOREVER.
Man, I've read some of the stupidest beep on the IMDB boards. What a cesspool. Are you people even capable of thought?

I was hugely disappointed. It was completely unrealistic & just the usual dumb & exaggerated anti-drug propaganda. (like a lot of people who grew up in the 60s, I have nothing but good memories of all the drugs & it was no big deal to stop when I got too busy with other things)

I think
The Panic in Needle Park
's problem is its script. The characterisation is lacking in terms of development. The protagonists simply go through stages of looking for their next high and then suffering the repercussions.
The Panic in Needle Park
feels like a series of scenes rather than a solid narrative. There is no exploration or introspection of the protagonists, except for the brief details on Helen's family life, and even that is minimal.
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@LaPfieffer92
I'm assuming your post is satire,right? If not, I know even you can't believe all the BS you just wrote. You can not be serious.

"I pity you people frankly, the 70's was the most horrible terrible depressing era for movies i can recall ever"
LOL, also the best, most honest, absolute finest pieces of film art came from the glorious 70's.(ever heard of the Godfather?)
Hilarious post!guess Ill see ya in prison someday!too funny!!!!!!
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Well your opinion sucks then because you, like the many other lost souls who watch this dreadful depressing junk, have absolutly no taste in good movies. I pity you people frankly, the 70's was the most horrible terrible depressing era for movies i can recall ever. and dont forget the late 60's, just as bad. Nothing but sex drugs and disturbing images and killings. But if thats what you all prefer to watch, then I expect to see you in prison someday. Movies like this, as well as the music from this time, influenced a whole generation into drugs, promisucity and violence, and i refuse to watch such junk anymore. Its all just pointless drivel.
oh yeah, "in my opinion".
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