Farrell, who opens the film with this line: "To me a dollar was a dollar in any language," has just swindled American sailors with loaded dice in a game of craps played in a waterfront dive.Most of the characters were hiding serious problems and issues.Cracks in the facade of the high-society members began to emerge - suicide, financial ruin due to a business take-over, love, infidelity, economic pressure, class conflict, the dawn of the talkies, divorce, aging and fading careers, and alcoholism all adversely affected their interactions.Green (Svetlana Khodchenkova) - revealed later as a mutant known as Viper.[Note: It appeared that she had deposited or injected something deep into his throat with her snake-like tongue, to affect his healing ability." The newspaper is being read by Gittes seated in a barber""s chair during a beautifying haircut.The barber Barney (George Justin) makes an off-hand reference to Jake""s near-star status in the center of the film industry:When you get so much publicity, you gotta getblaséabout it.