: The film opens with the famous voiceover line: "You don't make up for your sins in church. You do it on the streets..." . Charlie constantly searches for penance through his chaotic environment.
Filmed on a shoestring budget, Mean Streets relied on intense creative techniques that defined the 1970s American New Wave. Mean Streets (1973) - IMDb Mean Streets [1080p] (1973)
Unlike the sweeping, romanticized narrative of The Godfather (released the previous year), Mean Streets offers a raw, street-level view of small-time criminals. : The film opens with the famous voiceover