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Miller's Crossing (DVD) |
| Date: |
12/05/01 (38 review reads) |
| Rating: |
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Advantages: Fine Acting, Script, Music Score
Disadvantages: None
A lopsided toupee, agreements and double cross, hats on, hats off, machine guns to the tune of “Danny Boy”, savage beatings, fixed fights, exiting windows, raids on clubs, twists and turns, trips to the woods and pleas for mercy.
Add to this a haunting score, a brilliant script, a top drawer cast and the end result is one of the best gangster movies of all time. It’s right up there with the best of them. It’s directed by Joel Coen and written by Joel and his brother Ethan (Fargo, O Brother Where Art Thou.)
Leo (Albert Finney) controls just about everything and has the Mayor and the police in his back pocket. Caspar (Jon Polito) is the opposing gang boss who wants Leo out. Bernie (John Turturro) is the fuse that sets everything in motion. Tom (Gabriel Byrne) is Leo’s right hand man and is the poor sod stuck in the middle of it all.
It’s quirky, atmospheric, and occasionally funny. I have no hesitation in placing it in my ton ten movies of all time. After viewing it, you might agree or disagree but it’s my opinion and that’s what it’s all about.
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- 24/07/01 Nice op - didn't tell me as much as I'd have liked to know about hte movie though ;-) |
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- 30/05/01 and what is the significance of the numbers on the doors?
there are hidden meanings in this film and i'd love to know even half of them.
You said in your opinion though, and i do debate it even though it is probably a mistake, that Tom is 'stuck in the middle'. I'm sure the point of the film is that he's put himself their and because of his intelligence that is why he's on an even higher level than 'Eddie the Dane' who is fearless and uses force.
good op tho, nice one.t |
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- 12/05/01 Top opinion, and I think it's on my top ten too. Have you ever noticed how much time Gabriel Byrne spends in doorways in his films? In Dead Man, his whole part was based around a doorway. Leftfield observation I know, but I swear it's true. |
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