[Malick""s first scripted filmPocket Money (1972)was just a year earlier.]Malick""s independent film""s engaging story about a delinquent duo was loosely based and inspired by the Charles Starkweather-Caril Ann Fugate mass murders (eleven in total, including his accomplice girlfriend""s mother, stepfather and 2 year-old sister) of 1958 in Lincoln, Nebraska and Colorado.Brick: I wasn""t conscious of lookin"" at you, Maggie.Maggie: (seductively) I was conscious of it.(He coldly turns from her and rises on his crutches) If you were thinkin"" the same thing I was...Brick: No, Maggie.Maggie: Why not?!Brick: Will you please keep your voice down.Maggie: No! I know you better than you think.I""ve seen that look before.And I know what it used to mean.And it still means he same thing now.Brick: You""re not the same woman now, Maggie.Maggie: Oh, don""t you think I know that? Don""t you think I know hat...Brick: (cooly detached) Know what, Maggie?Maggie: That I""ve gone through this horrible transformation, hat I""ve become hard and frantic and cruel.It opened with a washed out B/W/color sequence of contemptuous, undefeated heavyweight champion boxer Mason "The Line" Dixon (Antonio Tarver) quickly knocking out another opponent, and being blamed for the "decline" of the entire sport, with fans booing and pelting him with ice, presumably because he had easily risen through the ranks by only fighting patsies and bums.You do it in the streets, you do it at home.The rest is bulls--t and you know it.The film""s main protagonist, a religiously-conflicted, wanna-be Italian-American Mafia memberCharlie Cappa (Harvey Keitel), an up-and-coming small-time mob collector, was startled awake from a distressing and painful dream (or premonition), sweating profusely and breathing heavily.