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Actors: Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane, Dennis Hopper, Nicolas Cage, Laurence Fishburne, Tom Waits
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Rumble Fish |
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RUMBLE FISH is a movie cowritten (with S.E. Hinton) and directed by Francis Ford Coppola in 1983.
Rusty James is the leader of a dying gang. He idolizes his brother, The Motorcycle Boy, who was once the respected chief of a local gang The Packers. TMB has left the city for two months now and Rusty James greatly misses him. When MTB finally returns from California, he's changed. Besides his physical disabilities -he doesn't see colours and is half deaf- the Motorcycle Boy seems disillusioned and disconnected from the reality. During three days, he'll try to convince Rusty James of the futility of the life his young brother has chosen to live.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Rumble Fish |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Family, loving
Yes
Special relationship with
- brother
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- gang conflict
- criminal becomes sensitive
Brain/Body not working?
- physical disability
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Eccentric:
Yes
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Dumb
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- dirty, grimy (like New York)
- dangerous
Misc setting
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
Check here if B&W
Yes
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
Is this movie based on a
- book
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