1/31/07

"X" Marks The Spot in "The Departed"

Scorsese, you devil. In a deliberate homage to Howard Hawks' classic gangster saga "Scarface" (1932), Martin Scorsese inserts the "X" (a symbol of death, departure or doom) in various shots, per above, in "The Departed," as Miami Herald film critic Rene Rodriguez reveals. Read Rodriguez's illustrative report at The Miami Herald's Reeling.

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