"When Love Evolves into Insanity": A Film Analysis on Dog Day Afternoon Based on a true story, Dog Day Afternoon takes place on a on hot summer day in Brooklyn, New York. The 1975 film, directed by Sidney Lumet, starts off when Sonny Wortzik (Al Pacino), Sal (John Cazale), and another accomplice (not important) decide to rob a bank. At first, the three gentlemen seem to rob the bank out of pure greed, however, as the …showed first 75 words of 1186 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1186 total…out that Sonny is a homosexual. In this scene, the crowd teases Sonny as he frisks one of the officers. Positively, the crowd still favors Sonny, and fellow homosexuals and lesbians have joined the fiasco. Most importantly, Sonny's love drives him insane (he is not socially normal since his behavior is not accepted), and with theme defined the film can be explained. However, can one say that Sonny's acts of insanity was justified by love?