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Who is Romeo/why is Romeo bleeding?


What's the connection between this movie and it's title?

Shall I not fear no man but God

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Romeo is bleeding was a song back in maybe the 70's or something.
and of course the movie was after that.
In the movie the main character Gary Oldman (Romeo) is bleeding because it's like art telling you what a rough time he's having and a rough life he's got. His girlfriend died and his wife (Juliet) is never known to come back to him in the end. Romeo is bleeding because he misses Juliet. And one part of the movie this guy shouts, "Romeo!! Did she confess!??!" the starts laughing.
I don't know if i explained this right or not. Probably not, but oh well.

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Good looking out @ jesslovesmaltese

I shot the sheriff and the goddamn deputy

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The title's taken from Tom Waits' song of the same name off of his 1978 'Blue Valentine' album. The song is as good as, if not better than, the film. And I thought the film was quite good, so that's saying something.

"Mother, I am so far away from everything."

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I never knew anything about a song before I watched it,

so, I just figured it had to do with him being a "Player" and had a way with getting his way with girls like Romeo. The bleeding part of the title was (I think) connected to his Downfall and Self-destruction.

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