“I could not watch it the first time when it originally came out”
Me, either. I tried to watch it on VHS maybe ten or fifteen years after it came out and turned it off after maybe 30 minutes.
I’m watching “The Pawnbroker” right now based on recommendations here on FR. It’s about a German concentration camp survivor who becomes a pawn broker in NYC after the war. He (Rod Steiger) is a deeply disturbed individual no longer able to love anybody after his experience in the camps. It is about the most melancholy and sad film I’ve seen in a long time.
“The Pawnbroker”
Excellent movie! So powerful it made him press his hand into a note spike. Watched it again not long ago.
As good as THE JUGGLER with Kirk Douglas.