blumdeluxe "Dark Days" is a documentary dealing with the life of several people who found shelter and a home in the subway system of New York City. It follows them as they struggle to make a living between dirt, drugs and many individual stories.In my opinion, this is indeed an eye-opening film. It displays the life under harsh conditions without robbing the filmed person's dignity. It shows how even the dirtiest and poorest place can become a home and how even there, people are fighting some very common human problems. At the same time it makes you thankful for the life you have and makes you search for better ways to help and support homeless people. It takes the men and women serious and delivers a well-balanced portrait.All in all this is a movie that should be seen by many more people than it is already. It promotes solidarity, doesn't degrade people in all their suffering and displays the darker parts of our society.

auteurus Dark Days is a low key, moving documentary that changed my preconceived views of homeless people. The fact that this film was made by a first-time director on a shoestring budget serves as a stark reminder of the power of the moving image to enlighten us all. The entire film is shot in black and white, and much of it is set in the squalid train tunnels and makeshift dwelling under New York. I doubt many people even knew that human beings lived down there. Although viewing the film is somewhat grim, there is a message of hope in the end. Regardless of your political persuasion and views on homelessness, I challenge anyone not to be deeply affected by this film. Highly recommended.

jpetit29 Just finished watching Dark Days and "WOW". Been a while since a movie touched me like that. I enjoyed the people and could somewhat identify with them; not that I have been homeless but close to it. This movie shows real heartfelt stories and makes you think a lot. To think that at the end they were all so happy for their new place. These people are amazing, Marc is amazing to have brought us these people and their story. I sincerely hope that they are all doing fine and enjoying their new places. Life is a battle but I saw some real winners tonight. Thank you. Thank you for the coalition to take part of the fight for human rights and to give a voice to the less fortunate.($) We are all the same and we should all be treated equally. It's sad to think that many times we are not heard simply because we live in a society that makes us different because of the size of our wallets. Let's not forget the most important lesson here, we are all special and unique in our own way.

theoscillator_13 I just came across this gem of a movie on cable last night. I'm not a social activist and I don't particularly have a soft spot in my heart for the homeless. I lived in San Francisco for a while and I got pan handled by at least 20 people a day walking back and forth to the train...usually much more then 20 people , so that made disillusioned pretty quickly. But watching this movie did exactly what Marc Singer set out to do...made me sympathetic to these individuals in the film regardless of my preconceptions about the homeless in the United States. Yes, most of the people in this film certainly didn't make the right decisions in life, some were openly smoking crack on camera and most definitely were not educated. But it made me realize that we all make some mistakes and it is possible for some of those mistakes to spiral into their situations.The "characters" in the film were all much more articulate then I would have expected from some homeless people. They all told their individual stories but none of them tried to make any excuses for things they've done in the past to get them where they were which is what I think ultimately made me feel sympathetic to them.But it was the style of this film that really sucked me in before the characters and subject matter did. It was beautifully shot on B&W film which was impressive considering the lighting issues inside the tunnel. The soundtrack from DJ Shadow was also excellent and really added to the mood of this film. Overall, a great doc. I recommend it to everyone.