Laws of Gravity (1992)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Nick Gomez

Writer:

Nick Gomez (writer)

Release Date:

20 August 1993 (UK)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Sooner or later, everything goes down.

Plot:

Jimmy and Jon are a couple of Brooklyn guys who somehow never found their way into workaday society; they never found their way into big-time crime...

Plot Keywords:

Tragedy | Street Life | Neorealism | Independent Film

Awards:

2 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Peter Greene	...	Jimmy
Edie Falco	...	Denise
Adam Trese	...	Jon
Arabella Field	...	Celia
Paul Schulze	...	Frankie
Saul Stein	...	Sal
Tony Fernandez	...	Tommy
Larry Meistrich	...	Pete
James Michael McCauley	...	Kenny (as James McCauley)
Rick Groel	...	Kevin
Anibal O. Lleras	...	Rey (as Anibel Leirras)
John Gallagher	...	Bobby
David Troup	...	Sullivan
Miguel Sierra	...	Vasquez
David Tuttle	...	Ted

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

France:-12 | Singapore:M18 (cut) | Australia:M | Sweden:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Island World

Trivia:

The film just took 12 days to shoot and the whole production cost was about $US38,000.

Movie Connections:

References Mean Streets (1973)

How did he do it?

I plan to be a filmmaker - I have much to say. But I'm just beginning my film research, including trying to find my favorite films. In this film, the director, Nick Gomez, truly accomplished to give his film an unbelievable sense of everyday reality - it made me feel 'at home' with the story and its characters, despite the fact that the story was a depiction of the story of the lives of those who are usually cast aside by society, especially nowadays. When I compose a song or any work of art I find it difficult to look at my art from a objective, or an outside, point of view. This film had the same effect, i could not help but be absorbed by it. All at once, I could not resist trying to discover exactly what cinematic techniques were involved to achieve this effect. I found one aspect that added to the film's 'realistic' look , a sound element. In a more 'conventional' film characters speak in turns, with some edited overlapping. But in this film, characters spoke all at once, which made the natural selective hearing process of the human ear even more inviting. Anyway, this is among one of the most creative films I've seen.