I find The Killing of a Chinese Bookie to be somehow transcendent. The fate of man is laid before us in all of its sadness and nobility. He's a flawed person, as everyone is, and he makes the same mistake twice (becoming indebted to the Mob) before taking a drastic turn for the worse by agreeing to their much more severe demands. After that, his fall from moral grace is mirrored by what will be his ultimate ruin.
The lead actor is quite convincing, as are all of the low-class gals who work in his seedy nightclub. Very thought-provoking, and although we may regard ourselves as occupying a higher echelon from all of these characters, in fact, everyone makes the sorts of mistakes and compromises illustrated by Cosmo's sad plight (albeit usually not as extreme...). In choosing to do this rather than that, we are transformed irrevocably, for better or for worse.
The lead actor is quite convincing, as are all of the low-class gals who work in his seedy nightclub. Very thought-provoking, and although we may regard ourselves as occupying a higher echelon from all of these characters, in fact, everyone makes the sorts of mistakes and compromises illustrated by Cosmo's sad plight (albeit usually not as extreme...). In choosing to do this rather than that, we are transformed irrevocably, for better or for worse.