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about this movie:

One of two S.

E. Hinton novels Francis Ford Coppola directed in 1983 (the other is the adaptation of the outsiders), 'Rumble Fish' is a stylized black-and-white film about the death of gang culture in a rough-and-tumble town full of stunted youths. The only color images in the film are the shots of the Siamese fighting fish that the color-blind Motorcycle Boy admires.the acting is hardly the focus in this film, starring Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Dennis Hopper, Diane Lane and Chris Penn, as Coppola is far more interested in creating a fantasy world involving shadow play, time-lapse photography, and thematic bursts of color breaking up the chiaroscuro design. 'Rumble Fish' is a visually interesting slice of dead-end America life, featuring a cast that will forever register it as a curiosity worth seeking out.richey edwards and nicky wire used to describe this movie as "camus for beginners."