CAS CS 101 Study Guide - Tom Regan, Fedora
6 Feb 2014
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The coen brothers are famous for their use of symbolism in their films. They connect the concrete to the intangible as to connect key ideas. In their piece, miller"s crossing, the coen brother"s show a scene of an early 20th century fedora dancing in the wind, as is tumble through a wood. We later discover that this was a dream that the protagonist, tom regan, had. The coen brothers use the hat as a symbol of the life of a gangster. The movie opens with, a scene emerges that introduces leo, the crime boss of the fictional town this movie takes place, johnny caspar, the leader of a gang controlled by leo, Eddie dane, casper"s right-hand man, and tom regan, leo"s advisor and the film"s main character. After tension ensues between leo and caspar over the forfeiture of bernie bernbaum, Leo"s girlfriend"s brother and caspar"s adversary, caspar a storm out.
