I know this double posting is bullshit but I cant edit the previous post any more... KaBar I saw that you wanted to make a movie. You should definitly look at Dark Days. This is one of the most amazing documentaries I have every seen.
I took this from http://www.imdb.com :
Near Penn Station, next to the Amtrak tracks, squatters have been living for years. Marc Singer goes underground to live with them, and films this "family." A dozen or so men and one woman talk about their lives: horrors of childhood, jail time, losing children, being coke-heads. They scavenge, they've built themselves sturdy one-room shacks; they have pets, cook, chat, argue, give each other haircuts. A bucket is their toilet. Leaky overhead pipes are a source of water for showers. They live in virtual darkness. During the filming, Amtrak gives a 30-day eviction notice.
This description doesn't give it enough credit but just to give you the idea. If you see how these guys make there homes down there it's amazing. Definitly something to see. If you get the dvd you can see how they made it. The homeless guys you see down there are the crew. They did the lighting/dolly/interviewing... Also Dj Shadow just to put the cherry on top.
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