Konterr Brilliant and touching

Whitech It is not only a funny movie, but it allows a great amount of joy for anyone who watches it.

Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

Mischa Redfern I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

SnoopyStyle British Marc Singer find a community of homeless people in NYC living in the Amtrak tunnels near Penn Station. It's the mid 90's. He decides to make a documentary. This community of mostly men live in their homes of salvaged material. They scratch out a living out of the city. Many suffer from trauma and drug abuse. Eventually, the police and Amtrak announce their plan to evict the group. In the end, they manage to get help from the housing authority. The black and white photography has a simplistic beauty. The filmmaker is able to get inside the community. There is real humanity. The people have compelling stories. It's a fascinating world and everybody should see it.

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.

tigerstyle1 One of the best documentaries I've ever seen. It really changes the way you think about homelessness. The cast of real people in this film are refreshingly charismatic. I really didn't expect to be blown away by a film like this, but trust me it's really an excellent work. The fact that Marc Singer had the balls to venture into the cavernous abyss of the Penn Station tunnels for such a long period of time to make this film makes it even more admirable. For me this film to me really has taken the genre to its highest level because the director actually lived and survived with the cast of the film and literally became homeless himself, not to mention letting them take an active role in making it in terms of production. I really can't think of a truer way to shoot a documentary like this one.

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.