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''Swoon'' is a 1992 film by Tom Kalin. Based on the Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb thrill killing (in which two college students murdered a child named Bobby Franks), it is the first film adaptation of the case to make the queerness of the killers is made explicit as well as a major film of the NewQueerCinema movement.
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''Swoon'' is a 1992 film by Tom Kalin. Based on the Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb thrill killing (in which two college students murdered a child named Bobby Franks), it is the first film adaptation of the case to make the queerness of the killers is made explicit as well as a major film of the NewQueerCinema movement.
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* SarcasticConfession: Nathan "jokes" to a man they encounter that he's just had the privilege of shaking hands with a murderer.
* SexSlave: The fantasy recounted by Nathan to his therapist involves Richard being offered the option of being his slave "in every sense of the word". Nathan also dreams that he's an Egyptian king with "Dickie" as his slave.
* SexForServices: Leopold commits crimes with Loeb in exchange for sexual favors.
* SexSlave: The fantasy recounted by Nathan to his therapist involves Richard being offered the option of being his slave "in every sense of the word". Nathan also dreams that he's an Egyptian king with "Dickie" as his slave.
* SexForServices: Leopold commits crimes with Loeb in exchange for sexual favors.
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* SarcasticConfession: Nathan "jokes" to a man they encounter that he's just had the privilege of shaking hands with a murderer.
* SexSlave: The fantasy recounted by Nathan to his therapist involves Richard being offered the option of being his slave "in every sense of the word". Nathan also dreams that he's an Egyptian king with "Dickie" as his slave.
* SexForServices: Leopold commits crimes with Loeb in exchange for sexual favors.
* SexSlave: The fantasy recounted by Nathan to his therapist involves Richard being offered the option of being his slave "in every sense of the word". Nathan also dreams that he's an Egyptian king with "Dickie" as his slave.
* SexForServices: Leopold commits crimes with Loeb in exchange for sexual favors.
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* SarcasticConfession: Nathan "jokes" to a man they encounter that he's just had the privilege of shaking hands with a murderer.
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''Swoon'' is a 1992 film by Tom Kalin. Based on the Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb thrill killing (in which two college students murdered a young boy), it is the first film adaptation of the case to make the queerness of the killers is made explicit as well as a major film of the NewQueerCinema movement.
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''Swoon'' is a 1992 film by Tom Kalin. Based on the Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb thrill killing (in which two college students murdered a young boy), child named Bobby Franks), it is the first film adaptation of the case to make the queerness of the killers is made explicit as well as a major film of the NewQueerCinema movement.
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* AdaptionalAttractiveness: The real Leopold and Loeb weren't anywhere near as handsome as the actors who play them.
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* AdaptionalAttractiveness: The real Leopold and Loeb weren't anywhere near as handsome as the actors who play them.
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* DepravedHomosexual: In the trial, Leopold and Loeb are played as this by the prosecution. Before they're caught the newspapers are sure that the killers were "perverts" or "dopefiends" or something else "abnormal" by the standards of the time, which also plays into this stereotype.
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* PeriodPiece: the film is set in the 1920s.
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* PeriodPiece: the The film is set in the 1920s.1920s.
* ThePerfectCrime: The main character's think that the murder of Bobby is this, but they're wrong.
* ThePerfectCrime: The main character's think that the murder of Bobby is this, but they're wrong.
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* VillainProtagonists: Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb.
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* TheRoaringTwenties: The setting. A much darker portrayal than usual.
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* TheFlapper: Some of the costumes worn by supporting characters fit this stereotype, as do the fabulously dressed drag queens drinking and playing cards.
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''Swoon'' is a 1992 film by Tom Kalin. Based on the Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb thrill killings, killing (in which two college students murdered a young boy), it is the first film adaptation of the case to make the queerness of the killers is made explicit as well as a major film of the NewQueerCinema movement.
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* AnachorismStew: Some details (such as the particularly modern hairstyle of the Mother in one of the dinner scenes) are obviously not period correct, presumably intentionally.
* AllGaysArePedophiles: This stereotype features somewhat prominently in the trial scene, in which Leopold and Loeb are accused of having raped the child they murdered due to the way the body has decayed. In truth, they only killed him.
* AllGaysArePedophiles: This stereotype features somewhat prominently in the trial scene, in which Leopold and Loeb are accused of having raped the child they murdered due to the way the body has decayed. In truth, they only killed him.
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* AnachorismStew: AboveGoodAndEvil: The killers see themselves as this.
* AnachronismStew: Some details (such as the particularly modern hairstyle of the Mother in one of the dinner scenes) are obviously not period correct, presumably intentionally.
* AllGaysArePedophiles: This stereotype features somewhat prominently in the trial scene, in which Leopold and Loeb are accused of having raped thechild boy they murdered due to the way the body has decayed. In truth, they only killed him.
* AnachronismStew: Some details (such as the particularly modern hairstyle of the Mother in one of the dinner scenes) are obviously not period correct, presumably intentionally.
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* DragQueens: Men in drag appear in multiple scenes.
* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Appears in Nathan's fantasy, which he recalls to his therapist.
* SexSlave: The fantasy recounted by Nathan to his therapist involves Richard being offered the option of being his slave "in every sense of the word". Nathan also dreams that he's an Egyptian king with "Dickie" as his slave.
* SexForServices: Leopold commits crimes with Loeb in exchange for sexual favors.
* PeriodPiece: the film is set in the1920s.1920s.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Like Hitchcock's ''Film/{{Rope}}'', this movie was based on the Leopold and Loeb thrill killing.
* TheRoaringTwenties: The setting. A much darker portrayal than usual.
* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Appears in Nathan's fantasy, which he recalls to his therapist.
* SexSlave: The fantasy recounted by Nathan to his therapist involves Richard being offered the option of being his slave "in every sense of the word". Nathan also dreams that he's an Egyptian king with "Dickie" as his slave.
* SexForServices: Leopold commits crimes with Loeb in exchange for sexual favors.
* PeriodPiece: the film is set in the
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Like Hitchcock's ''Film/{{Rope}}'', this movie was based on the Leopold and Loeb thrill killing.
* TheRoaringTwenties: The setting. A much darker portrayal than usual.
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''Swoon'' is a 1992 film by Tom Kalin. Based on the Leopold and Loeb thrill killings, it is the first film adaptation of the case to make the queerness of the killers is made explicit as well as a major film of the NewQueerCinema movement.
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''Swoon'' is a 1992 film by Tom Kalin. Based on the Leopold and Loeb thrill killings, it is the first adaptation of the case to make the queerness of the killers explicit as well as a major film of the NewQueerCinema movement.
!!! Tropes found in this film include:
* AnachorismStew: Some details (such as the particularly modern hairstyle of the Mother in one of the dinner scenes) are obviously not period correct, presumably intentionally.
* DeliberateMonotone: the whole film is in black and white, befitting the period setting. This also helps the use of old stock footage blend in with the rest of the movie.
!!! Tropes found in this film include:
* AnachorismStew: Some details (such as the particularly modern hairstyle of the Mother in one of the dinner scenes) are obviously not period correct, presumably intentionally.
* DeliberateMonotone: the whole film is in black and white, befitting the period setting. This also helps the use of old stock footage blend in with the rest of the movie.
