McCann’s wealth isolates him from humanity, turning his paradise into a gilded cage.
Roeg uses non-linear editing and vivid, often disturbing imagery to mirror McCann’s fractured psyche. 💡 Viewing Guide Eureka (1983)
Jack McCann (Gene Hackman) discovers a massive gold deposit in 1925. Two decades later, as one of the world's richest men, he lives on a private Caribbean island ("Eureka"), where he struggles with his daughter’s marriage to a social climber and a plot by mobsters to seize his land. 🔑 Themes to Watch For McCann’s wealth isolates him from humanity, turning his