Like a part of me. You are so beautiful. ibid. Violet to Corky
I want out. I want a new life. ibid.
Do you want your mother to lock you up again, is that it? Boys Don’t Cry 1999 starring Hilary Swank & Chloe Sevigny & Peter Sarsgaard & Brendan Sexton III & Alicia Goranson & Jeanetta Arnette & Matt McGrath et al, director Kimberly Peirce, cousin to Brandon
People like you don’t need drugs, you hallucinate twenty-four hours a day. ibid. gangsta
I have a sexual identity crisis. ibid. Brandon to rozzer
John Lotter was convicted of first degree murder for the killing of Brandon Teena. He is currently appealing his conviction from death row. Marvin Thomas Nissen (Tom) cooperated with the prosecution and testified against John. He is currently serving consecutive life sentences. ibid. caption
You ever shoot a guy in his eyeball? Seven Psychopaths 2012 starring Colin Farrell & Sam Rockwell & Christopher Walken & Woody Harrelson & Tom Waits & Abbie Cornish & Olga Kurylenko & Zeljko Ivanek & Linda Bright Clay & Long Nguyen & Harry Dean Stanton et al, director Martin McDonagh, Tommy
Yoga? Can I watch? ibid. him to her
This went on for eleven fucking years till finally the killer went mad. ibid.
Fuck the cops! Fuck ’em! ibid. Walken
Seriously, Morrie, you got to do something about your drinking because I swear to God it’s going to end up killing you. ibid.
Harrelson: I think I’m gonna die.
Gangsta: Well don’t keep going on about it, you fucking cunt. ibid.
We’re gonna need the blueprints, we’re gonna need to know the exit and entry points, we’re gonna need to know the staff entrances and the fastest way out of the building at any given point in time. What do you say? American Animals 2018 starring Spencer Reinhard & Warren Lipka & Eric Borsuk & Chas Allen & Betty Jean Gooch & Evan Peters & Blake Jenner & Barry Keoghan & Jared Abrahamson et al, director Bart Layton, Warren to Spencer
It’s a job, a business opportunity. We go door to door. We sell magazines door to door being friendly. You know you seem friendly. You make $300 a day if you’re good. American Honey 2016 starring Sasha Lane & Shia LaBeouf & Arielle Holmes & Riley Keough & McCaul Lombardi & Crystal B & Chad Mckenzie Cox & Garry Howell & Kenneth Kory Tucker et al, director Andrea Arnold, him to her
So you’re a Southern girl. A real American honey like me. ibid.
God can go fuck himself. God is a cunt. ibid. Star
I feel like I’m fucking America. ibid.
A feeling of nothingness … What am I doing here? … The whole thing is a con game. House of Games 1987 starring Lindsay Crouse & Joe Mantegna & Steven Goldstein & Ricky Jay & Mike Bussbaum & J T Walsh & Lilia Skala & William H Macey et al, director David Mamet, patient to shrink Margaret
I’ll tear up your friend’s marker if you help me out. ibid. Mike to Margaret
I’m a con man. That’s what I am. A criminal. ibid. him to her
Eventually we grow up. We get jobs. We have affairs. And we become alcoholics. A History of Violence 2005 starring Viggo Mortensen & Maria Bello & Ed Harris & William Hurt & Ashton Holmes & Peter MacNeill & Stephen McHattie & Greg Bryk & Kyle Schmid & Sumela Kay , director David Cronenberg, young him to young her
Do you like being married? Does it work for you? I can’t see it working for me. I never felt the urge, you know. A lot of great looking women in the world. I never met one, made me want to give up all the others. Sure you can fuck around, but it’s so much damn work, keepin’ it quiet. It’s not worth the effort. ibid. Richie
Frankie’s back! American Heist 2014 starring Hayden Christensen & Adrien Brody & Jordana Brewster & Tory Kittles & Akon et al, director Sarik Andreasyan, opening scene
You’re complicit in this. Welcome to the family. ibid. gangsta
Open your eyes, Jimmy: it’s the banks who are robbing you. ibid.
I always looked out for my brother. To the best of my abilities. ibid. older to younger
If people didn’t have headaches, what would happen to the Aspirin industry? The Killing 1956 starring Sterling Hayden & Vince Edwards & Coleen Gray & Jay C Flippen & Elisha Cook junior & Marie Windsor & Ted de Corsia & Joe Sawyer et al, director Stanley Kubrick, wife to husband
You’re a no-good nosy little tramp. ibid. hood to wife
Johnny had no choice but to save himself and the money. ibid. commentary
Liotta: What happened after the cop got killed?
Bloke in hospital bed: That’s when things started to go bad. Pawn 2013 starring Michael Chiklis & Common & Marton Csokas & Sean Fariis & Stephen Lang & Ray Liotta & Nikki Reed & Forest Witaker & Max Beasley & Jonathan Bennett & Sean Faris et al, director David A Armstrong
Believe it or not, these guys will pull off the largest cash robbery in all the violent and bizarre history of American crime. The Big Heist 2001 starring Donald Sutherland & John Heard & Jamie Harris & Janet Kidder & Nick Sandow & Michael P Moran & Joe Pingue & Bo Rucker et al, director Robert Markowitz, commentary
Miami was the fashionable sixties hangout where the beach boys and girls of the East Coast showed off their tans and their physiques. Great Crimes & Trials: Murph the Surf
A trio of surfers left their boards in Miami and flew north to the chill of New York. They were Roger Frederick Clark aged twenty-nine ... Alan Kuhn ... Jack Roland Murphy also known as Murph the Surf. ibid.
On the night of 29th October they went museum-visiting again after it had closed ... The windows were left routinely two inches open. Amazed to realise there were no alarms they helped themselves to twenty-four of the choicest stones and escaped undetected. ibid.
The Museum of Natural History where the robbery had only been discovered when a guard arrived for work. ibid.
The burglar alarm system had been disconnected several years before as an economy measure. ibid.
New York’s press were shocked at the daring of the robbery. ibid.
The Midnight Star sapphire – one hundred and sixty-one carats; on the right, the de Long Star ruby – a hundred carats and as big as a golf ball the Star of India – at five hundred and sixty-five. ibid.
Explaining that there was a world of difference between beach boys which they were and beach bums which were parasites. ibid.
Actress Ava Gabor identified Murphy and Kuhn as the men who had forced their way into her apartment, beating her up and stealing her jewellery worth $50,000. ibid.
They pleaded guilty ... In the end they each got three consecutive one-year sentences. ibid.
Murph the Surf kept popping up in the public eye. ibid.
Methamphetamine: Almost two million Americans took meth in 2019. More than 16,000 died from an overdose. America spends $5 billion a year on meth. This deadly market was pioneered in Philadelphia in the 1970s. By the Mafia. Narco Wars s2e2: The Mafia Meth Kings, National Geographic 2021
John Martorano: The Mafia Meth King: Jimmy gets his meth from an associate of the Philadelphia Mob. ibid.
In the early 1970s a new product catches Long John’s eye. Meth is cheap and readily available because it’s made in local underground labs. Long John sets himself up as a middleman. But Long John can’t share this opportunity with his Mafia associates. In the 1970s the Mob is officially ‘anti-drugs’. There are serious consequences for anyone who breaks the rules. ibid.
$92,000 a month net profit. ibid.
In 1980 the US government declares P2P illegal, so Long John needs an underworld supplier. 200 gallons is enough to make $20 million’ worth of meth. ibid.
Today the Mexican cartels supply over 90% of US meth. They have cornered the P2P market. They have no competitors. But the idea isn’t new: it was pioneered 40 years ago by Long John Martorano. ibid.
Chicago 1934: Gangster John Dillinger is making a name for himself … John Dillinger was the most wanted man in America … But did the FBI get their man? Conspiracies Decoded s1e5, DiscoveryPlus 2022