ENGL 4860: Special Topics in Film Studies The Gangster Film Spring 2011 Room: PH 322

1. ENGL 4860: Special Topics in Film Studies The Gangster Film Spring 2011 Room: PH 322 Day/Time: Monday, 430-730 pm Gangster Film

2. 3/14/11 | Meeting 7 Miller’s Crossing(Joel and Ethan Coen, 1990; 115m) Gangster Film The Coen Brothers

3. Ethan (1957) & Joel Coen (1954) Gangster Film The Coen Brothers

4. Ethan & Joel Coen Gangster Film The Coen Brothers

5. Joel & Ethan Coen Gangster Film The Coen Brothers

6. Ethan & Joel Coen (and George Clooney) Gangster Film The Coen Brothers

7. Ethan & Joel Coen (with Martin Scorsese) Gangster Film The Coen Brothers

8. Ethan & Joel Coen (with an employee of the Hotel Earle) Gangster Film The Coen Brothers

9. Ethan & Ethan Coen & Roger Deakins Gangster Film The Coen Brothers

10. Ethan & Joel Coen Gangster Film The Coen Brothers

11. Joel & Ethan Coen Gangster Film The Coen Brothers

12. Ethan & Joel Coen Gangster Film The Coen Brothers

13. Joel & Ethan Coen The Coen Brothers Gangster Film The Coen Brothers

14. The Movies of The Coen Brothers

15. Blood Simple (1984) Gangster Film The Coen Brothers

16. Raising Arizona (1987) Gangster Film The Coen Brothers

17. Miller’s Crossing (1990) Gangster Film The Coen Brothers

18. Barton Fink (1991) Gangster Film The Coen Brothers

19. The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) Gangster Film The Coen Brothers

20. Fargo (1996) Gangster Film The Coen Brothers

21. The Big Lebowski (1998) Gangster Film The Coen Brothers

22. O Brother Where Art Thou?(2000) Gangster Film The Coen Brothers

23. The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001) Gangster Film The Coen Brothers

24. Intolerable Cruelty (2003) Gangster Film The Coen Brothers

25. The Ladykillers (2004) Gangster Film The Coen Brothers

26. No Country for Old Men (2007) Gangster Film The Coen Brothers

27. Burn After Reading (2008) Gangster Film The Coen Brothers

28. A Serious Man(2009) Gangster Film The Coen Brothers

29. True Grit (2010) Gangster Film The Coen Brothers

30. Gangster Film The Coen Brothers

31. Ethan Coen’s Books The Coen Brothers

32. The Coen Brothers

33. Miller’s Crossing (1990) The Coen Brothers

34. Tom Reagan (Gabriel Byrne) The Coen Brothers

35. Leo O’Bannon (Albert Finney) The Coen Brothers

36. Johnny Caspar (Jon Polito) The Coen Brothers

37. Eddie Dane (J. E. Freeman) The Coen Brothers

38. Bernie Bernbaum (John Turturro) The Coen Brothers

39. Verna Bernbaum (Marcia Gay Harden) The Coen Brothers

40. The Coen Brothers

41. Miller’s Crossing (1990) Tom Reagan Lines * If I'd known we were gonna cast our feelings into words, I'd've memorized the Song of Solomon. * Nobody knows anybody. Not that well. * Close your eyes ladies! I'm comin' in! * You don't hold elected office in this town. You run it because people think you do. They stop thinking it, you stop running it.] The Coen Brothers

42. Miller’s Crossing (1990) * [to Caspar] My chin's hanging out right next to yours. I'd worry a lot less if I thought you were worrying enough. * Tell Leo he's not God on the throne, he's just a cheap political boss with more hair tonic than brains. * If you want me to keep my mouth shut, it's gonna cost you some dough. I figure a thousand bucks is reasonable, so I want two.] The Coen Brothers

43. Johnny Caspar * It's gettin' so a businessman can't expect no return from a fixed fight. Now, if you can't trust a fix, what can you trust? For a good return, you gotta go bettin' on chance - and then you're back with anarchy, right back in the jungle. * I'm talkin' about friendship. I'm talkin' about character. I'm talkin' about - hell. Leo, I ain't embarrassed to use the word - I'm talkin' about ethics. * You got references? You been to college? We ONLY take yeggs what's been to college, ain't that right, Dane? Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! I'm joking, of course. Miller’s Crossing (1990) The Coen Brothers

44. Johnny Caspar * Shut up you son of a bitch! Son of a bitch! You stupid son of a bitch. * What is this, the high hat? * That son of a bitch! I had a feeling about this son of a bitch! We silence him! And we do the same to Mink this very night! * It's like I tell all of my boys. [Casper shoots Eddie Dane] Always put one in the brain! * You double-cross once - where's it all end? An interesting ethical question. Miller’s Crossing (1990) The Coen Brothers

45. * Eddie Dane * You are so goddamn smart. Except you ain't. * You killed Mink you son of a bitch! You killed Mink,and by God I'll hear you say it! * Then I wondered "Why would Einstein want to talk to a gorilla?" So I grab the gorilla and I beat it out of him. * Go ahead and run, sweetheart. I'm gonna cut down all of you whores. * I am gonna send you to a deep, dark place and I am gonna have fun doing it! Miller’s Crossing (1990) The Coen Brothers

46. Miscellaneous * Leo O'Bannion: [to Caspar] You ain't got a license to kill bookies and today I ain't sellin'. So take your flunky and dangle. * Verna: Maybe that's why I like you, Tom. I've never met anyone who made being a son of a bitch such a point of pride. * Tic-Tac: You gotta remember to put one in his BRAIN. Your first shot puts him down, then you put one in his BRAIN. Then he's dead. Then we go home. Miller’s Crossing (1990) The Coen Brothers

47. Dialogue [Refering to Bernie] Leo: So you wanna kill him... Eddie Dane: For starters. Caspar: You think that I'm some guinea, fresh off the boat, and you can kick me! But I'm too big for that now. I'm sick a' takin the scrap from you, Leo. I'm a' of marching into this goddamn office to kiss your Irish ass. And I'M SICK A' THE HIGH HAT! [Puts on his hat and coat] Caspar: Youse fancy pants, all a youse. Miller’s Crossing (1990) The Coen Brothers

48. Miller’s Crossing (1990) Dialogue Leo: Johnny, you're exactly as big as I let you be, and no bigger, and don't forget it, ever. Caspar: That's right, Leo. You're the big shot around here, and I'm just some schnook likes to get slapped around. Tom: Think about what protecting Bernie gets us. Think about what offending Caspar loses us. Leo: Oh, come on, Tommy. You know I don't like to think. Tom: Yeah. Well, think about whether you should start. The Coen Brothers

49. Miller’s Crossing (1990) Dialogue Leo: I reckon I can still trade body-blows with any man in this town. [Tom looks at him] Leo: Except you Tom. Tom: And Verna. Verna: Shouldn't you be doing your job? Tom: Intimidating helpless women is my job. Verna: Then go find one, and intimidate her. The Coen Brothers

50. Dialogue Bernie: I'm praying to you! Look in your heart! I'm praying to you! Look in your heart! I'm praying to you! Look in your heart! I'm praying to you! Look in your heart… I'm praying to you! Look in your heart. I'm praying to you... look in your heart... look in your heart! You can't kill me... look in your heart. Eddie Dane: Where's Leo? Hitman: If I tell you, how do I know you won't kill me? Eddie Dane: Because if you told me and I killed you and you were lying I wouldn't get to kill you then. Miller’s Crossing (1990) The Coen Brothers