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...Irishman that I am, I'm reluctant to counsel complete abstinence. Used sensibly, alcohol is pleasurable and not unduly dangerous. But shouldn't abstinence at least be socially acceptable? Shouldn't we try to discourage, rather than encourage, taking the next drink as soon as the first is drained? And shouldn't games intended to promote overconsumption, such as "Quarters" and "I Never" be condemned as the self-abuse that they...
Like Red Harvest, but unlike most movies, Miller's Crossing has a good novel's narrative density. The film finds a dozen angles in the battle between Leo O'Bannion (Albert Finney), the Irishman who has run the town for years, and Johnny Caspar (Jon Polito), the volatile, flirtatious Italian who is itching to seize control. Their bone of contention is Bernie Bernbaum (John Turturro), a gambler too greedy to live long but too cunning to stay dead. His sister Verna (Marcia Gay Harden) has stolen Leo's heart and is ever ready to fence it. Nice crowd. Shuttling among...
...remorse. His patron is a stately Mafioso (Paul Sorvino) who warns him to stay out of the drug business; Henry jumps right in. His best friend is a wacko hoodlum (Joe Pesci) who gets whacked by his own family; Henry sheds no tears. His mentor is an Irishman (Robert De Niro) who cuts Henry in on the biggest hijacking in American history; Henry's testimony sends him to jail. The lad's only regret is for himself. At the end, he's still alive, but "I get to live the rest of my life like a shnook...
...deep doubts about his chances. She sees the emergence of Boris Yeltsin as a particular reason for pessimism; she regards him as an unguided missile, and has privately characterized him in a phrase that could raise hackles both in the U.S.S.R. and closer to home. "He is like an Irishman," she says...
...rugged-looking Dan Zelman is well-cast as the sensitive Irishman, Colm Primrose, and Heather Gunn is equally well-cast as the polished English city girl, Timothea Stiles...