First time rewatching this since the 90s and good god The Matrix owes a stupendous debt to the visual language of this film. The story is a little clunky but the images and the soundtrack are wonderfully evocative and extremely well realised.

THE WIRE before THE WIRE, including many of the cast who would go on to feature in the seminal tv series. It’s a great film, sure it’s clunky in places and it doesn’t have the chops or weight of something like Do The Right Thing, but it’s pretty great nonetheless.

I watch this film at least a couple of times a year to help me keep making art.

It's a pretty wonderful testament to the human spirit.