" Although silenced by his military superior for being a disloyal "traitor," young Lawrence is sympathetic with Feisal""s views and will not remain quiet.Jake and Joey are playfully pictured with their fists raised against each other, mimicking the traditional boxer""s stance:That""s me and my brother, foolin"" around.It""s got a ritual significance." Lowenstein, proudly proclaiming himself as "an essential worker for Oskar Schindler," is plucked from the group by a few SS, declared "twice as useless" and inefficient, led a short distance away, and shot point-blank in the head.A controversial film often criticized for its depiction of aberrant sexual behavior, he surrealistic, psychosexual film was a throwback to art films, 50s B-movies and teenage romances,film noir, and the mystery-suspense genre.