One Year in a Life of Crime

One Year in a Life of Crime

Year: 
1989
Duration: 
58'
Edition: 
1990
Format: 
film/video

Alpert has followed Robert. Mike and Freddy, three professional criminals from Newark, New Jersey, and their daily routine for 12 months. A number of crimes are documented partly with hidden camera. The ease of the criminals with which they cleaned out stores is astounding. "It beats working 9 to 5!" says Robert. When Freddy was arrested one day, he gave the court so many aliases that he was mistakenly released because of all the confusion. Fie celebrated his freedom by stealing a shelf full of burglar alarms!
Alpert's documentary in vérité style reveals shocking insights into family life and the endless circle of violence that surrounds them. A film that is intriguing in its directness.Alpert has followed Robert. Mike and Freddy, three professional criminals from Newark, New Jersey, and their daily routine for 12 months. A number of crimes are documented partly with hidden camera. The ease of the criminals with which they cleaned out stores is astounding. "It beats working 9 to 5!" says Robert. When Freddy was arrested one day, he gave the court so many aliases that he was mistakenly released because of all the confusion. Fie celebrated his freedom by stealing a shelf full of burglar alarms!
Alpert's documentary in vérité style reveals shocking insights into family life and the endless circle of violence that surrounds them. A film that is intriguing in its directness.Alpert has followed Robert. Mike and Freddy, three professional criminals from Newark, New Jersey, and their daily routine for 12 months. A number of crimes are documented partly with hidden camera. The ease of the criminals with which they cleaned out stores is astounding. "It beats working 9 to 5!" says Robert. When Freddy was arrested one day, he gave the court so many aliases that he was mistakenly released because of all the confusion. Fie celebrated his freedom by stealing a shelf full of burglar alarms!
Alpert's documentary in vérité style reveals shocking insights into family life and the endless circle of violence that surrounds them. A film that is intriguing in its directness.Alpert has followed Robert. Mike and Freddy, three professional criminals from Newark, New Jersey, and their daily routine for 12 months. A number of crimes are documented partly with hidden camera. The ease of the criminals with which they cleaned out stores is astounding. "It beats working 9 to 5!" says Robert. When Freddy was arrested one day, he gave the court so many aliases that he was mistakenly released because of all the confusion. Fie celebrated his freedom by stealing a shelf full of burglar alarms!
Alpert's documentary in vérité style reveals shocking insights into family life and the endless circle of violence that surrounds them. A film that is intriguing in its directness.Alpert has followed Robert. Mike and Freddy, three professional criminals from Newark, New Jersey, and their daily routine for 12 months. A number of crimes are documented partly with hidden camera. The ease of the criminals with which they cleaned out stores is astounding. "It beats working 9 to 5!" says Robert. When Freddy was arrested one day, he gave the court so many aliases that he was mistakenly released because of all the confusion. Fie celebrated his freedom by stealing a shelf full of burglar alarms!
Alpert's documentary in vérité style reveals shocking insights into family life and the endless circle of violence that surrounds them. A film that is intriguing in its directness.Alpert has followed Robert. Mike and Freddy, three professional criminals from Newark, New Jersey, and their daily routine for 12 months. A number of crimes are documented partly with hidden camera. The ease of the criminals with which they cleaned out stores is astounding. "It beats working 9 to 5!" says Robert. When Freddy was arrested one day, he gave the court so many aliases that he was mistakenly released because of all the confusion. Fie celebrated his freedom by stealing a shelf full of burglar alarms!
Alpert's documentary in vérité style reveals shocking insights into family life and the endless circle of violence that surrounds them. A film that is intriguing in its directness.Alpert has followed Robert. Mike and Freddy, three professional criminals from Newark, New Jersey, and their daily routine for 12 months. A number of crimes are documented partly with hidden camera. The ease of the criminals with which they cleaned out stores is astounding. "It beats working 9 to 5!" says Robert. When Freddy was arrested one day, he gave the court so many aliases that he was mistakenly released because of all the confusion. Fie celebrated his freedom by stealing a shelf full of burglar alarms!
Alpert's documentary in vérité style reveals shocking insights into family life and the endless circle of violence that surrounds them. A film that is intriguing in its directness.Alpert has followed Robert. Mike and Freddy, three professional criminals from Newark, New Jersey, and their daily routine for 12 months. A number of crimes are documented partly with hidden camera. The ease of the criminals with which they cleaned out stores is astounding. "It beats working 9 to 5!" says Robert. When Freddy was arrested one day, he gave the court so many aliases that he was mistakenly released because of all the confusion. Fie celebrated his freedom by stealing a shelf full of burglar alarms!
Alpert's documentary in vérité style reveals shocking insights into family life and the endless circle of violence that surrounds them. A film that is intriguing in its directness.Alpert has followed Robert. Mike and Freddy, three professional criminals from Newark, New Jersey, and their daily routine for 12 months. A number of crimes are documented partly with hidden camera. The ease of the criminals with which they cleaned out stores is astounding. "It beats working 9 to 5!" says Robert. When Freddy was arrested one day, he gave the court so many aliases that he was mistakenly released because of all the confusion. Fie celebrated his freedom by stealing a shelf full of burglar alarms!
Alpert's documentary in vérité style reveals shocking insights into family life and the endless circle of violence that surrounds them. A film that is intriguing in its directness.Alpert has followed Robert. Mike and Freddy, three professional criminals from Newark, New Jersey, and their daily routine for 12 months. A number of crimes are documented partly with hidden camera. The ease of the criminals with which they cleaned out stores is astounding. "It beats working 9 to 5!" says Robert. When Freddy was arrested one day, he gave the court so many aliases that he was mistakenly released because of all the confusion. Fie celebrated his freedom by stealing a shelf full of burglar alarms!
Alpert's documentary in vérité style reveals shocking insights into family life and the endless circle of violence that surrounds them. A film that is intriguing in its directness.

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