SNAPSHOT POST
"I am gonna send you to a
deep, dark place and I am gonna have fun doing it!" - Eddie Dane
Despite being set in 1929 the story is still a classic neo noir. Not with femme
fatales and noble men trying to save them but with criminals, gangsters and
mixed messages. The most interesting way to read this film was to understand
the motives and character of Tom Reagan. He's our would be hero but he's shady
as the rest of the gang. But he does have one weakness, Leo, his boss and best
friend. If we read that Tom is in love with Leo, everything falls into place
and his actions sense. He does everything for him. In fact there is good
evidence to read into the other male relationships too as being sexual. This
makes a whole of sense, not to mention the incestuous relationship between
Bernie and Verna and why no other guy is interested in her. A fascinating story
that goes beyond the gangster genre.
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