Storyline Edit. Rusty James is the leader of a small, dying gang in an industrial town. He lives in the shadow of the memory of his absent, older brother -- The Motorcycle Boy. His mother has left, his father drinks, school has no meaning for him and his relationships are shallow. He is drawn into one more gang fight and the events that follow begin to change his life.
Did you know Edit. Trivia The sound technicians on the film had a hard time hearing Mickey Rourke 's dialogue on set, often asking him to speak louder. As a result, the sound crew referred to the production as "Mumble Fish". Quotes The Motorcycle Boy : If you're going to lead people, you have to have somewhere to go. Alternate versions There is rumoured to be an eight hour bootleg cut of the film. User reviews Review. Top review. I saw Rumble Fish in a small a cinema in Dublin when it came out in I bunked off work often to see it as did many people, I got to know.
I read Susie Hinton's books afterwards and also sought out the Outsdiders also from a Hinton novel which was made at the same time and was a good film with some of the wistful intensity of teenage life so strong in Rumble Fish but was like the straight, conventional brother by comparison.
I think Susie Hinton went straight to Coppola's heart and she worked with him on the two films, even appearing in cameo in both. It is amazing to me that her books were marketed as teenage fiction, they are to my mind mature American fiction and transpose beautifully to the screen.
The plot is a simple one and necessarily so yet the implications are universal. The style, camera-work, casting and soundtrack work together so well. I don't think that even in the Godfather Coppopla ever got it so right. The dreamy quality of the film, the distorted imagery and the fantastic soundtrack reflect the physical and mental damage suffered by the James family, Rusty's brain damage from one too many rumbles, Dad's alcoholism and the Motorcycle Boys colour blindness, depression and death wish.
It's like an elegy for the old west and the constraints of small town life, John Ford meets David Lynch. It also marked the beginning of the end for Zoetrope studios and we'll never know what great movies we lost when that motorcycle gang left town.
FAQ 2. Why is this film in black and white? Details Edit. Release date October 21, United States. United States. La ley de la calle. Sapulpa, Oklahoma, USA. Zoetrope Studios Hotweather Films. Box office Edit. Technical specs Edit. Runtime 1 hour 34 minutes. Black and White. Dolby Stereo. Related news. Two details were inspired by her pets: the title alludes to a Siamese fighting fish she once owned, and the protagonist is named after her cat Rusty-James.
Coppola wanted all of the gang members in the film to have distinct looks. Coppola often showed films to his cast and crew to inspire them. Cinematographer Stephen H. Coppola invited Chris Marker to come to Tulsa to shoot second-unit footage for the film. However, Marker found the city so visually uninspiring that he quickly returned to France. The Tulsa location depicted in the scene where Rusty-James, the Motorcycle Boy, and Stevie visit the other side of town was uninhabited and in complete disrepair at the time of filming, having been destroyed in an outbreak of racist violence in Production designer Dean Tavoularis filled all of the empty windows with glass and added neon signs and carnival lights to create the illusion of a vibrant main drag.
After shooting the actors in black and white, he projected that footage on a screen behind a tank containing fish, clear water, and gray gravel, then filmed those two elements together.
By Susan Arosteguy.
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