> I think Friedkin decided to tell a different story
than the one
told in
> the novel, and that the film is considerably darker
(and IMO, more
> interesting), than the original. The doppleganger
stuff between Rick
Masters
> and Richie Chance would have never taken place in a
Petiviech book
about the
> Feds. Once Chance's conscience (his partner, Jimmy
Hart) is killed
off, he
> becomes every bit as big an outlaw as the guy he is
pursuing.
>
> Jim Blue
It's amazing (& a little embarrassing) that I hadn't
noticed that the doppelganger situation re: the 2 Dicks
because now that you point it out it's screamingly obvious. A
doppelganger relationship I did notice was that at the end of
the movie Vukovich has taken on Masters' (or Chance's,
whichever was his partner) characteristics - he dresses like
him, acts like him & inherits his informant/lover.Does
that make him a doppel-doppelganger?
Rene
Rene
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