It's all started after World War I. Soldiers came back home and couldn't find any job to do. 1920s American women started to wear shorter skirts, cutting their hair shorter, rights to vote and things began to get more expansive such as food and rental. That was the time the word "Speakeasy" began to appear in American language which was used for selling and drinking alcoholic beverages during 1920-1933 or even longer? and also known as Prohibition. When you wanna drink you go knock on the door and the small-window will be opened. A guy will check on you and then finally let you in - saloon?
Then comes the beginning of illegal alcohol. People could easily get to drink liquor - school girls and boys, shopkeepers, waiters and waitresses, etc. As it said, the land of the free gone wild! People would do anything to get liquor. So as Eddie, he started to steal liquor and sell it.
Eddie couldn't get his job back so he found a new way of making money by delivering liquor and later selling then he became richer and richer. He was living in paradise selling liquor but he drank only milk - haha!
Anyways let's look at other things. Say lots of new products and technologies in this movie. The mass production develped so fast that people could now by cheaper prices of technology products. There are many means of communication such as telephone and radio. Automobile, chemical industries and movie were blooming at that time.
One of the things was Stock Market in New York. People were crazy about it. Eddie was one of them. He's willing to sell anything to get money hoping that he would become richer and richer. Unfortunately, the stock market went from top to down. Millionares and billionares went from the highest all the way down to "ZERO" Now Eddie has nothing left and became a texi driver but still carrying a hope that he would go back on top again but before he could - he died in "Crazy Years"
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A great, great summary but . . . where is the your comments concerning the American culture you saw.
This is probably the best movie I have on the Roaring Twenties. It gives us an overview of how that period got its name and what happened. I love this movie simply because it explains the whole thing as it goes along.
I expected more comments. How did Americans act during this time? How did the males act toward each other and toward females? Mre importantly how did the females act? A lot of culture shown in theis movie. Is it about good guys and bad guys? Is it about how bad guys get to be bad guys and how they are really good guys down deep?
You didn't tell us enough. Tell us, tell us.
Add another blog with some neat culture stuff from the movie.
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