But I guess we also have to mention that Bogart's screen persona is very different from that of Glenn Ford (Bogie is more dry and laid-back, whereas Ford was often very 'angsty', which often suggested that his characters were repressing something), and this impacts on how we interpret the film. I'm not sure if you can say he's out-and-out gay (ie, sexually interested in men), but when you factor into the equation the fact that this movie was originally planned as a follow-up picture to GILDA - a movie with heavy homoerotic overtones that are raised in almost every critical account of the film - this seems to highlight that DEAD RECKONING shares a similar theme of homosocial 'bonding', with the relationship between Johnny and Rip mirroring that of Ballin and Johnny in GILDA. Sergey likes to take photographs, and when he first sees Roman, he cant help but let his camera linger over this mans eyelashes, nose and mouth.
Rip seems to be searching for his relationship with his former army buddy, and using Lizabeth Scott as a substitute/conduit for his relationship with his male friend. Download Magpakailanman: Gay man finds true love in a dating site Full. When he finally thinks of a name for Lizabeth Scott, it's 'Mike'.
