Symbols and Tropes
Cars
In this film, cars play such a big part, it's difficult not to think of them as a secondary cast. Here's a short list of the more important players:First, and most notably, the Lincoln Continental...
Food
Oysters CharnierEvery time food crops up in this movie, it seems to be an opportunity for lightness or humor: a little decoration on an otherwise stark story. It also seems like Ernest Tidyman migh...
Darkness and Night
Night & NightEven though Popeye and Cloudy are on the job 24/7, everything that goes down seems to do so under cover of night. Or maybe that's they way all criminals do their thing? (We wouldn'...