" Mickey also wanted to increase Rocky""s speed: "We need greasy, fast speed!" by having him chase a live chicken around a neighborhood lot, a training method from his own boxing days, promising: "You catch this thing, you can catch greased lightning." Ann and Judith banter about firing Michael:Judith: He thinks he can lead us around like a lot of horses.The film""s tagline was:Antonioni""s camera never flinches.At love without meaning.At murder without guilt.At the dazzle and the madness of London today.This was Antonioni""s second color film (afterIl Deserto Rosso (1964, It.) (aka Red Desert)) and his first film in the English language, and it broke the four-film streak of Antonioni""s films starring Monica Vitti (Red Desert (1964), L""Eclisse (1962), La Notte (1961),andL""Avventura (1960)).] It has been surmised that Sal Mineo""s teen-aged character in the film was obviously gay and troubled by typical problems of in-the-closet homosexuals in the 50s - the film disguises his problems, but hints at the possibility that he is seeking out Dean""s character because he rejects fake machismo.