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词条 Man Push Cart
释义

  1. Plot

  2. Music

  3. Critical reception

  4. Awards

  5. References

  6. External links

{{Infobox film
| name = Man Push Cart
| image = Man Push Cart poster.jpg
| caption =
| director = Ramin Bahrani
| producer = Ramin Bahrani
| writer = Ramin Bahrani
| music = Atif Aslam
| starring = Ahmad Razvi
Leticia Dolera
Charles Daniel Sandoval
| distributor = Films Philos (North America)
| released = {{Film date|2005|09||Venice Film Festival|2006|10|16|United States}}
| runtime = 87 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}

Man Push Cart is a 2005 American independent film by Ramin Bahrani that tells the story of a former Pakistani rock star who sells coffee and bagels from his pushcart on the streets of Manhattan.

Plot

Early every morning, Ahmad (Ahmad Razvi), a Pakistani immigrant, struggles to drag his heavy cart along the streets of New York to his corner in midtown Manhattan, where he sells coffee and bagels. He encounters a wealthy Pakistani businessman who offers him some work and financial assistance—promising also to introduce him to the NY music scene. He also spends time with a young Spanish woman who works in a nearby newspaper and magazine kiosk. He is haunted by the death of his wife and is unable to spend time with his son. Just as it appears that he is making some progress improving his life, an event occurs that pushes him back down again.

Music

Atif Aslam's three songs were included in the film. "Aadat" is the main track while portions of the songs "Ehsaas" and "Yakeen" are also introduced in the film. All are taken from the album Jal Pari.

Critical reception

The film was met with critical acclaim; critics have even compared the film to the style and films of the Italian Neorealism and French New Wave movements. The film has a score of 88% with a certified "Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 48 reviews with the consensus being that "This compassionate portrait of a New York City street vendor is as beautiful as it is melancholy."[1]

Acclaimed film critic Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times awarded the film 4 out of 4 stars and wrote that the film "embodies the very soul of Italian neo-realism" and went on to say "Free of contrived melodrama and phony suspense, it ennobles the hard work by which its hero earns his daily bread" and "Bahrani, as director, not only stays out of the way of the simplicity of his story, but relies on it; less is more, and with restraint he finds a grimy eloquence."[2]

Michael Wilmington of the Chicago Tribune liked the film and wrote a positive review saying "Ahmad's concerns — his sadness and his striving — become universal. Though his early-morning riser's world is gray and threaded with melancholy, it becomes, in the end, a place we recognize."[3]

Dana Stevens of Slate wrote in her review "If one of the things movies are supposed to do is make you look anew at the world around you, you may never see your doughnut vendor in the same way again."[4] This was also iterated by Jack Matthews of the New York Daily News who said "You'll think of him the next time you pass a cart."[5]

Johnathan Rosenbaum of the Chicago Reader in his positive review said "it's a potent mood piece, and its portrait of urban loneliness has some of the intensity of Taxi Driver without the violence."[6]

Time Out magazine wrote of the film saying, "What begins as a delineation of a man in a landscape becomes a study in sadness and stoicism, disorientation and even desperation, then finally, a delicate, rewarding and cliché-free enquiry into the complex heart of the lone immigrant experience."[7]Stephen Holden of The New York Times liked the film and gave it a positive review saying "Man Push Cart is an exemplary work of independent filmmaking carried out on a shoestring. Mr. Razvi’s convincing performance is a muted portrait of desolation bordering on despair."[8]

Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times wrote "It's by no means an exaggeration to describe this quietly powerful film as Bressonian."[5]

Awards

The film had its world premiere at the 2005 Venice Film Festival. It entered the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and won the Fipresci Critic's Award at the London Film Festival. It was nominated for three Independent Spirit Awards and was on Roger Ebert's list of the top 10 movies of 2006.

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/man_push_cart/|title=Man Push Cart|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate=March 26, 2014}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Man Push Cart|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/man-push-cart-2006|publisher=Roger Ebert.com|accessdate=26 March 2014}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=Movie Review: 'Man Push Cart'|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/mmx-061020-movies-review-cart,0,2705733.story|publisher=Chicago Tribune|accessdate=26 March 2014}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=Sob Stories: The quiet beauty of Man Push Cart|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/movies/2006/09/sob_stories.html|publisher=Slate Magazine|accessdate=26 March 2014}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=Man push Cart: Top Critics|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/man_push_cart/reviews/?type=top_critics|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate=26 March 2014}}
6. ^{{cite web|title=Man Push Cart|url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/man-push-cart/Film?oid=1067779|publisher=Chicago Reader|accessdate=26 March 2014}}
7. ^{{cite web|title=Man Push Cart (15)|url=http://www.timeout.com/london/film/man-push-cart|publisher=Time Out London|accessdate=26 March 2014}}
8. ^{{cite web|title=Sisyphus, Making It Work on the Streets of New York|url=http://movies2.nytimes.com/2006/09/08/movies/08cart.html?ref=movies|publisher=NY Times|accessdate=26 March 2014}}

External links

  • MAN PUSH CART OFFICIAL WEBSITE
  • {{IMDb title|id=0464105|title=Man Push Cart}}
  • {{Amg movie|337890|Man Push Cart}}
  • A Hollywood Beginning, Nirali Magazine, October 2006
  • Asian-American film: Defying assumptions Dennis Lim, The New York Times, 27 April 2006
  • Roger Ebert Review 4 stars, 20 October 2006
{{Ramin Bahrani}}

11 : 2005 films|2000s avant-garde and experimental films|American films|American avant-garde and experimental films|Directorial debut films|English-language films|Films shot in New York City|Pakistani-American films|Films directed by Ramin Bahrani|American independent films|Atif Aslam

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