Ready made Reviews: Dog Day Afternoon

Dog Day afternoon is a film with the sole intention of opposing societal norms of challenging what we know is right and wrong. The film experiments with the idea of continuous revelation, we know this because when the film starts we know that this will be a bank robbery and that there are three men involved. We are then told that two of them have been in Vietnam. And so sympathy ensues. Then then we find out one has a family. Empathy. soon we find out that the one who has a family is also homosexual and the only reason that he was doing the bank robbery was to allow his partner to get a sex change operation. Understanding of his situation makes the viewer care about 'Sunny' and his problems.
The way that the story is portrayed is unlike what the news media of the time showed. The viewer has no political skewering to the image. Meaning that they get to see the truth of the matter. This makes the viewer momentarily despise the newscaster and police for withholding truth from the people. When in fact most of the populous trust the police and news to give them a picture of what's going on.
Another prime example of breaking societal norms is wanting the bank robber to get away which is not usually something people want to happen. And the sudden sadness of Sal's death. Again not something normal people feel when a notorious criminal finally reaches his demise at a brave policeman. All  of these contributing factors in creating a cinematic experience that breaks down what people are 'supposed' to feel in return for real emotion. Showing the struggle of a real life story of a homosexual veteran of a lower class family struggling to help other people and facing punishment in return.