Miller's Crossing (1990)
Figures
Objects & symbols
- Tom Reagan's fedora as a recurring visual motif
Locations
- Tom Reagan's recurring dream of his hat in the forest
Tropes
- The film's plot and character archetypes → The Postmodern Collage
- Tom Reagan's shifting loyalties between Leo and Caspar
- The love triangle between Tom, Leo, and Verna → Homosocial Triangulation
- Tom Reagan's existential predicament and final choice
- The film's highly stylized production design and cinematography
- The film's cynical worldview and Tom Reagan's motivations
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