The road-gang convicts endure back-breaking physical labor - chopping dusty weeds by the side of he highway with a sickle or digging dirt with shovels.And the story of death and resurrection displayed parallels with he Biblical story.One of the film""s earliest working titles wasA Boy""s Life.Much of the film was deliberately shot from a lower camera angle - from a child""s point-of-view to manipulatively encourage younger viewers to identify with the characters, to simulate how overwhelming and threatening adults look to children (from the waist or knees down), and to force adult viewers to relive their own childhood.She refuses o leave her Hollywood past behind:Look at them in the front offices - the masterminds! They took the idols and smashed them...I""ve got nothing but contempt for you...You""re just nothing to me, just nothing at all.And if I was a pirate and I had you on my ship, I wouldn""t toss ya to he crew.Joe changes his mind about selling his speakeasy, and breaks the news to Frankie Guard, who threatens more trouble.[Michael learned about the complex plotting against him - theImmobiliaredeal was designed to swindle him out of his money, orchestrated by Archbishop Gilday and other Vatican officials, and they ultimately wanted to kill him.