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Miller's Crossing (3)
Nov. 15th, 2010 06:19 pm<continued>
The hair. I can't stop thinking about the hair. Why did they take Rug's hair?
Why is Tom's last name in the script "Duchaisne" while in the movie it's "Reagan'? Quite obviously the brothers are hinting at Ronald Reagan, but what the hell do they have in mind?
What's in the movie's name - who is Miller, is it Arthur Miller, or Henry Miller, or some other well-known Miller? And why "crossing" - is it a reference to the Cross? Or, maybe, it hints to Arthur Miller's The Crucible (which is unlikely - I do not see any parallels between the movie and the play)?
Why is Tom so often refered to as "Jesus" (as in "Jesus, Tom... Verna's okay" or "I'm prayin' to ya, Jesus God - Tom! Jesus!") - 23 times out of 26 in the script "Jesus" can be construed as a reference to Tom? Are we in some respects to read Tom's character as that of Christ or God? He is beaten a lot, that's for sure, but is there anything deeper than that? The power to save or kill Bernie? Sounds far-fetched...
Questions like these abound in Miller's Crossing. But wait, they (i.e. Rug's killers) did not take his hair. Rug's toupe was taken by a boy who had found the body (pictured). The characters in the movie do not know that - and keep wondering why in the world did "they" take it. Quite simply the brothers are telling us not to go after every little detail. After all, we may not know all the facts: reference to Ronald Reagan may be just some private joke between the brothers as Miller may be some obscure friend of theirs.
So let those questions drift. After all, things like that are akin to slight differences in taste among the casks. It makes the experience sligtly more interesting, but it is purely incidental.
<to be continued>
The hair. I can't stop thinking about the hair. Why did they take Rug's hair?Why is Tom's last name in the script "Duchaisne" while in the movie it's "Reagan'? Quite obviously the brothers are hinting at Ronald Reagan, but what the hell do they have in mind?
What's in the movie's name - who is Miller, is it Arthur Miller, or Henry Miller, or some other well-known Miller? And why "crossing" - is it a reference to the Cross? Or, maybe, it hints to Arthur Miller's The Crucible (which is unlikely - I do not see any parallels between the movie and the play)?
Why is Tom so often refered to as "Jesus" (as in "Jesus, Tom... Verna's okay" or "I'm prayin' to ya, Jesus God - Tom! Jesus!") - 23 times out of 26 in the script "Jesus" can be construed as a reference to Tom? Are we in some respects to read Tom's character as that of Christ or God? He is beaten a lot, that's for sure, but is there anything deeper than that? The power to save or kill Bernie? Sounds far-fetched...
Questions like these abound in Miller's Crossing. But wait, they (i.e. Rug's killers) did not take his hair. Rug's toupe was taken by a boy who had found the body (pictured). The characters in the movie do not know that - and keep wondering why in the world did "they" take it. Quite simply the brothers are telling us not to go after every little detail. After all, we may not know all the facts: reference to Ronald Reagan may be just some private joke between the brothers as Miller may be some obscure friend of theirs.
So let those questions drift. After all, things like that are akin to slight differences in taste among the casks. It makes the experience sligtly more interesting, but it is purely incidental.
<to be continued>
