Drug Abuse/Drug Experimentation
At the start of the clip, you can see drug dealing being taken place with the man in the hat with other shady people. This connotes to the corruption and evil actions that is filled in this movie. Richard looks on with disgust at the multiple dealings taking place, which prompts the drug dealer to aggressively ask Richard "what do you want?". Richard then responds in a furious manner, placing fear into the drug dealer's head. You can see the younger brother Anthony, who is mentally-impaired, opposite of Richard looking down away from the drug dealers. This connotes to his anxiety, fear and paranoia of being around anything that is linked to drugs.
Mental Illness
As mentioned earlier, the younger brother, Anthony has a disability. Again, as said, he is shown at the start of the clip looking frightened and scared due to the presence of the drug dealing taking place. Later on, when the boss of the drug dealers comes out of the car, Richard tells Anthony to go to the other side, when the boss of the drug dealers comes out and attempts to talk to Richard. This is an attempt to scare him away and Richard makes sure that Anthony doesn't get involved at all, so he threatens the boss aggressively but in a manner where Anthony can't hear the hostile conversation. Richard, doesn't want his vulnerable brother to be the victim again of potential abuse by the mean drug dealers, otherwise he can't bear to have his innocent, mentally-impaired brother to get hurt.
Isolation and Exclusion
Both Anthony and Richard seem to be isolated in the clip. This is due to the fact that at the start of the clip, Anthony wants to stay away from the drug dealing at all costs, so he looks down, opposite of the drug dealings taking place. From this it connotes to the isolation and exclusion theme of Dead Man's Shoes from Anthony, as he wants to be left out of the corrupt society that is taking place in the clip/movie. This again is shown later on in the clip when Anthony is told to stay at the back, when Richard is talking to the boss of the drug dealers. He is clearly being shown in the background to connote the isolation he is currently going through. At the same time, this isolation principle applies to Richard too. This is because he alone has to deal with the evil drug boss and dealers himself, as he is the able big brother who has to support Anthony heavily. By having no one else helping him, it places a heavy burden on his shoulders in dealing with the antagonists, causing him to be excluded from anyone else.
Aspiration and Escape
The theme aspiration is very heavy in Dead Man's shoes, although it is not blatantly shown in the clip. When Richard is threatens the drug boss this is an ambition to implement fear and anxiety into all of the drug dealers and himself. This is due to the fact that the drug dealers abused and hurt Anthony, whilst Richard was away. So in order to get back at them he aspires to get revenge at every single person involved in the abuse of Anthony. Escape is also involved in the part where Richard threatens the drug boss. This is because the goal of both Anthony and the drug boss is to scare off each other, so that they will never get involved with each other in the future. You could say this is shown when the drug boss is frightened and somewhat shocked by the fearless and angered Richard, which prompts him to escape in the car with the rest of the drug dealers.
Rebellion
Rebellion is also a theme which is portrayed throughout the whole clip by Richard. Firstly, when one of the drug dealers aggressively asks "what are you looking at?" he responds in a more frightening way, connoting his strong rebellious character. If it wasn't for this trait of Richard, then he wouldn't be able to stand up against the drug dealers and thus be unable to protect his pure and innocent brother in his own way.
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