"Angel Heart" Explained. The Devil Is In The Detail.

In this video, The Hammer will explain the film "Angel Heart" (1987). Who is "The Woman In Black?" Did Johnny Favorite return from the dead? What's the deal with the chickens? Did Alan Parker regret putting orange, Michael Jackson, "demon" contacts in Robert DeNiro's eyes because it looks too '80s and it might age badly? Well, the answer to the last question is "yes," but you'll have to watch the video for the other answers.

Get ready for a holistic interpretation based on the text of the film and the likely intentions of the film-makers. Remember, the Hammer builds it up and the Hammer breaks it down.

00:00 introduction
01:52 chapter 1 Cheating the Devil
06:47 chapter 2 The Devil's Advocate
10:19 chapter 3 Caveat Director
13:56 chapter 4 The Devil Made Himself Do It
15:47 chapter 5 Persons Unknown
19:49 chapter 6 Epiphany
22:34 conclusion

See the text version of this essay here: http://www.owenhammer.com/angel-heart...

For more on "Angel Heart," take a "voyage" to your local library, and bring up the CINE G YouTube channel here:    / cineg  . CINE G host Mr. G was kind enough to edit this video.

UPDATE: The official sequel to this video is on Mr. G's channel here:    • Angel Heart (1987): Anything Can Happ...  

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UPDATE: I refer to the records as "Vinyl LPs." An LP is a 12 inch diameter 33 1/3 rpm record. The records in the scene are 10 inch diameter 78 rpm records often called "SPs."