Trans Movie: Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
This is a review of Dog Dag Afternoon from a trans perspective. The movie stars Al Pacino, John Cazale, James Broderick and Charles Durning. (wiki) . Although Al Pacino is the designated star, and in fact chose the rest of the cast, I think the unrecognized star is John Cazale - a theater actor who was the love of Meryl Streep's life, and who played Frodo in the Godfather movies along with Pacino. Cazale died young, leaving his wife Streep a widow. This is a twisted-lovers movie. Pacino's character loves someone in the NY jail system because they attempted suicide. The lover needs money for an operation. So Pacino robs a bank, so the lover can pay for a sex change, but things go terribly awry. As it happens, Pacino's love is trans, male-to-female. The transness is not the lynchpin of the movie. I leave it to you as to whether it's sensational or titillating. Pacino's wife also takes a part in the movie. This is all based on a true story told in Life magazin...