After watching every Martin McDonagh film and discussing them with my brother, we made a list of some repeated elements in his scripts.
I want to clarify that some of the things we wrote are not shown on the screen, but casually mentioned.
For example, heads exploding on Six Shooter
| Element | Six Shooter (2004) | In Bruges (2008) | Seven Psychopaths (2012) | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish people | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| Dead wives | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| Dead kids | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| Murderers / Psychopaths | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Midgets | - | ✓ | - | ✓ |
| Policemen | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mothers | ✓ | ✓ | - | ✓ |
| Priests | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Prostitutes | - | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| Drugs | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Rabbits | ✓ | - | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vietnam | - | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| Cuba | - | - | ✓ | ✓ |
| People burned | - | - | ✓ | ✓ |
| Alcoholism | - | - | ✓ | ✓ |
| Karate | - | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| Cancer | - | - | ✓ | ✓ |
| Letter / Diary | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shoot in the head | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Exploited heads | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| Suicide | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dream reference | - | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| Life after death | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Heaven / Hell | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| Religion | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| "X prefer to be called Y" | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| People falling from buildings | - | ✓ | - | ✓ |
Now, of course, if you found something else, we would appreciate it so we can add it on our list. Preferentially, tell us on which scene it happens, a description or, even better, a screenshot.
Submitted February 28, 2018 at 10:24AM by mratmartinez http://ift.tt/2Cp6Qux