Cash or his heart, one or the
other!
Ha Ha, I’ll bring you both!
It was a year of great
classics…Chaplin’s ‘City Light’, Fritz Lang’s ‘M’ and two horror masterpieces
‘Frankenstein’ and ‘Dracula’. Adding to these entries is William Wellman’s ‘The
Public Enemy’ portraying the rise and fall of notorious 1920’s Chicago
The film has lot of clichés and
melodramatic trademark rift between two brothers on opposite sides of law with
a dear mother in between but there’s humanizing factor too and there’re number
of memorable moments all comes from Cagney. From hitting grapefruit to his
girlfriend on dining table, machine gun attack outside Paddy’s home, being hit
and stumbling Tom in rain uttering ‘I ain’t so tough’ and collapsing in the
gutter and the final frames where he returns to his home for all awaited
family. Cagney brought to screen the pure energy of attitudinal tough guy with
his dominating presence in each and every scene and that’s kind of reference
for all screen’s upcoming tough boy hoodlums.
And as for those who’ve seen
Michael Mann’s ‘The Public Enemy’ starring Johnny Depp as Dillinger, let me
tell you there’s neither connection nor comparison between two films; however I
like Mann’s film partially, this is an absolute must watch for its classic
appeal and the man named James Cagney.
Ratings-8/10
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