Symbolism in The Boondock Saints
The Boondock SaintsSymbolismThe Boondock Saints follows brothers; Connor and Murphy McManus as they set out to rid South Boston of the evil that is: murderers, rapists, and organized crime. Believed to have the divine right from god to kill the McManus brothers begin to "take out" all that is bad and corrupt. Throughout the movie, director Troy Duffy displays many forms of symbolism through visualizations. A majority of these visualizations are ones of religion and moral beliefs.
The director opens the movie with both brothers in church listening to their priest talk about a vicious murder in broad daylight that no one came forward and testified to. The brothers then walk out of the church; kiss their Celtic crosses; and leave. This shows the viewer that crime, justice, murder and religion are all going to be involved in the story line. The screen then goes to panoramic view of Boston with Irish music in the background, conveying the setting for the audience and also it lets everyone know these two men are Irish.
The next scene has Connor and Murphy in an Irish bar in South Boston with their friend Rocco who is connected to the Mafia (Yakavetta family), but does not know they secretly do not want him around and try to kill him later in the movie. While in the bar two Russians are introduced into the movie. This displays the two main sources of evil that the McManus brothers will be fighting. A fight ensues and the Russians are left badly beaten. The following scene starts with Paul Smecker (William Dafoe) of the FBI at a crime scene where the two Russians are dead. He states how the neighborhood is predominately Irish and is surprised someone called in the murders. This goes to show the type of society in South Boston; the fact that the people overlook these types of situations because either they are used to violence or do not care for Russians.
The McManus 's then show up to the police department to tell agent Smecker how the incident unfolded. The audience
The director opens the movie with both brothers in church listening to their priest talk about a vicious murder in broad daylight that no one came forward and testified to. The brothers then walk out of the church; kiss their Celtic crosses; and leave. This shows the viewer that crime, justice, murder and religion are all going to be involved in the story line. The screen then goes to panoramic view of Boston with Irish music in the background, conveying the setting for the audience and also it lets everyone know these two men are Irish.
The next scene has Connor and Murphy in an Irish bar in South Boston with their friend Rocco who is connected to the Mafia (Yakavetta family), but does not know they secretly do not want him around and try to kill him later in the movie. While in the bar two Russians are introduced into the movie. This displays the two main sources of evil that the McManus brothers will be fighting. A fight ensues and the Russians are left badly beaten. The following scene starts with Paul Smecker (William Dafoe) of the FBI at a crime scene where the two Russians are dead. He states how the neighborhood is predominately Irish and is surprised someone called in the murders. This goes to show the type of society in South Boston; the fact that the people overlook these types of situations because either they are used to violence or do not care for Russians.
The McManus 's then show up to the police department to tell agent Smecker how the incident unfolded. The audience
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