Robyn’s Blog

While this re-make of the glass key may be more realistic, I think they should have kept Veronica Lake as the actress, because she is certainly easier on the eyes than this girl.  I may be on the wrong track, but to me it seems as though the re-make Miller’s Crossing is a demythologization, taking the beliefs from the past and showing them to be naive.  The movie thus far appears to take some of the cliche, unbelievable aspects of The Glass Key and make them more realistic in a very modern way.  For instance, instead of Ned and Janet making eyes at each other, in Miller’s Crossing they are having sex.  While in the glass key we heard about the murder of Janet’s brother through secondary sources, in Miller’s Crossing we see the dead man with our own eyes.  The nuances that The Glass Key glosses over are blatantly obvious in the more modern Miller’s Crossing.  I just don’t understand why they couldn’t have found a more attractive actress in this modern day in age–I wasn’t aware that there was a shortage of beautiful people in Hollywood these days.