Why is the movie title "Brick"?

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In Brick (2005), the Movie is all about murder of Emily Kostich.

So why is the title Brick and not Emily?



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Since the major component of the movie's story is about missing heroin...

The title refers to a block of heroin, compressed roughly to the size and shape of a brick.

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At The Pin's house, Tug tells Brendan that The Pin received a shipment of ten bricks and sold eight; one was stolen and replaced with another that had been doctored with detergent, causing Frisco's coma, and the 10th brick remains to be sold.

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