Please note: This was screened in July 2023
In the second of Francis Ford Coppola’s screen adaptations of S. E. Hinton's novels, the director flipsThe Outsiders grand romanticism on its axis to create an expressionist, monochrome vision of youthful passion and melancholy.
Set against the run-down, industrial city of Tulsa, Coppola presents a vivid portrait of troubled teenage gang-leader Rusty James (Matt Dillon) as he struggles with cohorts, rival gangs, his frustrated girlfriend Patty (Diane Lane), his estranged father (Dennis Hopper), and the return of his idolised older brother The Motorcycle Boy (Mickey Rourke).
An audacious depiction of gang violence, dead-end lives, and the ties that bind, Rumble Fish remains a cult favourite and features a Golden Globe-winning score by Stewart Copeland, as well as a remarkable cast that also includes the likes of Nicolas Cage, Chris Penn, Tom Waits, and Laurence Fishburne.