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...Dillinger (the latest cop-out gangster chronicle), written and directed by John Milius, the viewer learns nothing about John Dillinger himself. Dillinger is not developed either as man or myth (although the movie is loaded with pretentious hints at the greatness of his legend). Instead, we merely see a series of overly bloody shoot-outs and Dillinger's eventual death. But we knew from the start that he would die in the end--what we really wanted to know was what Dillinger was truly like...
...Dillinger's gang steals a car from two young lovers, too preoccupied to notice, just as the Barrow gang did. Dillinger's violence is as bloody as Bonnie and Clyde's, its accents and clothes as realistic. Dillinger's blatant theft is the motif of the vengeful cop, relentlessly pursuing the outlaws, finally ambushing them with as little respect for human life as the cheapest crook...
...DILLINGER, the cop thirsting for revenge is F.B.I. man Melvin Purvis (Ben Johnson). He is by far the most interesting character in the movie. Purvis is obsessed with killing all of the biggest bank robbers who are responsible for killing a G-man friend of his in a jail break. This G-man had once given Purvis a box of expensive Havana cigars. Purvis phallically puffs on one of the Havanas at the shoot-out killings of each of his sworn enemies. In Sergant Friday-monotone, he relates in voice-over the location and date of each shooting. He personally...
...this outfit as the city collectively deserves. This is to be their only summer appearance around here. It'd probably be well worth anybody's while to brave the Schaeffer atmosphere to see them. Just get there early, take a few bottles of Bali Hai or something, and cop a frisbee...
...this outfit as the city collectively deserves. This is to be their only summer appearance around here. It'd probably be well worth anybody's while to brave the Schaeffer atmosphere to see them. Just get there early, take a few bottles of Bali Hai or something, and cop a frisbee...