Harvey Keitel Photo: Criterion CollectionLike fireworks against a night sky, emotion blazes through “Mean Streets” (1973), Martin Scorsese’s explosively personal third feature. It opens with a voiceover and a dark screen, followed by Charlie ( Harvey Keitel ) waking in his bedroom to sounds from the street, before the Ronettes sing “Be My Baby” on the soundtrack. Later, he holds his finger over the flame of a votive candle in church.

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Persons: Harvey Keitel, Martin Scorsese’s, Charlie, ”