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Short Eyes
The Tombs prison in New York City receives a new inmate from the white middle class, Clark Davis (Bruce Davison). From the outset, he is subjected to hostility because he is accused of raping a young girl and is therefore disparaged by the other inmates as ‘Short Eyes’ (slang for paedophile). Juan (José Pérez) is the only inmate willing to talk to Clark. Director Robert M. Young, who began his career producing educational films, started making political documentaries for NBC television in 1960. In his gripping feature film debut, he depicts prison as a hotbed of bigotry, prejudice and peer pressure that unites the inmates in their desire to eliminate unwanted outsiders. Short Eyes combines unflinching realism with almost unbearably intense acting, the likes of which is rarely seen in cinema. (E.S.)