re: #19 silverdolphin

Oh, I know which is why I talked about the narrative and fantasy. It is outlandiously plotted by a master director. More metaphor but it does get some basic facts right in its on target - Capone goes down, even if the courtroom is completely made up.

How will today be portrayed 50 years on by a master director? That is knida my worry.

The set piece everyone remembers in The Untouchables is the shootout at the train station, particularly the baby carriage bouncing down the stairs. I’m 100% convinced De Palma created that entire scene as a direct homage to Sergei Eisenstein’s Battleship Potemkin and it’s done perfectly.