Thursday, July 27, 2006

Hoop Dreams (1994)


Location: Home
Seen Before: No
Rating: 5.0

Basketball doesn't really mean a damn thing to me, but Hoop Dreams is a monumental achievement. I asked myself why, while watching, I was so mesmerized by the document of two inner-city Chicago youths and their dreams of making it to the NBA. While Arthur and William obviously share a love of the game, the filmmakers share a love for both documentaries and storytelling in general--and it shows. They construct a story that, like the best non-fiction films, could hardly be believed if not for the fact that they are true. Siskel and Ebert called Hoop Dreams the best film of the 1990's, and I don't think they're too far off.

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