"My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions and loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next."
Lily is introduced climbing the back stairs to her father's speakeasy. She'll spend the rest of movie climbing.
Interesting film, Elvis.
Maybe the first Pre-Code film that approaches a not easy topic: a woman using her "power" on men.
p.s. Nietzsche docet
Was struck by amount of phallic imagery in Baby Face. I'll start posting some more examples. Note the fire plug on the sidewalk, the factory smokestacks, the book spine...
Note wine botte pointing toward Lily
Drinking wine, offering or asking sex ...
It also can happen that roles are reversed... So who does really use the other?
Cinematic language (BabyFace) as symbology in the Flemish art .. Asking and obtaining sex
Refusing...
(Vermeer)
NICE!
Like the speakeasy crowded with men, the backrooms are cluttered with beer bottles (and she is about to brain the speakeasy's city hall connection with one)