Question: Why was Robert De Niro cleanly shaven at the end?
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chris-murray3 — 16 years ago(November 28, 2009 04:27 AM)
Yeah. It could be argued that Cyphre wanted to take on the guise of Harry Angel, the man whom Johnny Favorite killed ages ago. Cyphre was obviously testing Favorite (Rourke) to see if he could recall the events, or if he was just trying to cover it all up. Which of the two Favorite was doing is up to the audience. Personally, I think Favorite was doing a bit of both.
As for the beardless Cyphre; he's finally showing Favorite his real face at the time of the murder. -
bcibiblack — 16 years ago(December 13, 2009 02:09 PM)
Ummmgetting back on subject, it is indeed DeNiro whom Rourke runs past. The scenes featuring Cyphre had all been done, and DeNiro, who had sported a full beard since before filming started on 1986's The Mission, was keen for a shave, and he and Alan Parker thought it would be a good head-scratcher for the audience: "Hey, wasn't that..?" I didn't figure it out until I heard Parker's commentary on the Special Edition DVD that came out a few years ago. It's a curiosity, but doesn't actually add any "meaning" or further the plot in any way. Great film, though.
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jastanga — 15 years ago(April 17, 2010 10:37 PM)
Interesting.
This reminds me of something else.I have sen DeNiro act in a variety of films but the Cyphre character is unforgetable, but just recently I figured out why.
His portrayal of Satan reminded me of somebody.someone familiar, like DeNiro was imitating somebody (like somebody he personally knew) and pretending to be Satan at the same time.
Now the beard clicks in my mind.
So let me ask youwas DeNiro imitating Martin Scorcese while doing Cyphre?
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john-hitchcock — 14 years ago(February 28, 2012 05:00 AM)
You know, it's funny you should mention that. I actually just watched The Mission recently after seeing Angel Heart and couldn't help noticing that Robert De Niro had the exact same beard. It was strange seeing him looking exactly the same since in that movie he plays the exact opposite of Louis Cypher.
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doctorcrimedog — 12 years ago(October 10, 2013 06:29 PM)
The character doesn't know he's in a movie. If you met someone in real life with that name, would your reacation actually be, "Hey, I bet he's Satan incarnate"? I'm guessing no, especially, if you, like Harry, don't believe in such things.
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drowninghero — 15 years ago(April 15, 2010 10:33 AM)
Are you saying that Satan was in the form of the original Favourit?
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sonofbeach-sheet — 15 years ago(May 03, 2010 12:16 AM)
So we're to assume Angel/Favorite was standing in front of the mirror at Margaret's apartment struggling for his identity, goes to kill Epiphany, then is back in front of the mirror again? Nah, Cyphre picked up the gun and dog tags and framed him
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al666940 — 15 years ago(May 24, 2010 10:26 PM)
You guys need to review the film:
1.- WHENEVER Angel gets flashbacks with a fan suddently rotating backwards, he's being under Satan's infuence and thus killing someone.
2.- Cyphe clearly said that Johnny killed them all, under HIS guidance.
3.- Johnny finally remembers doing all that after Cyphre leaves.
Cyphre only placed the dogtags and gun, nothing else.
