The film portrayed the appearance of the social environment to the extreme. The film provides a lot of nuanced details, such as the "welcome" of the locals throwing rotten tomatoes when the new immigrants disembark, and the fashionable beauties who steal for a living in public places. But these sporadic "life sketches" do not form an organic whole, and can only be appreciated as details. There are scenes of Peking Opera singing in Chinatown, but there are still some doubts: First, almost all Chinatowns in Chinatown back then were Cantonese immigrants, so it should be the singing of Cantonese opera. Second, the status of Chinese was very low back then, and celebrities were disdainful of patronizing Chinese entertainment. Place. In fact, the film has put a lot of effort into the authenticity of the dialogue accent. All characters speak their own "hometown dialect", and these hometown dialects are the predecessors of the New York accent in the future. "The Gangs of New York" is basically a directed film, and Scorsese should be responsible for the success or failure. In the eyes of the audience, this is a smashing work, but it is by no means a bad film. It exudes the breath of a master everywhere. It is an opera-like sublimation than the previous Scorsese masterpieces such as "Angry Bull", "Taxi Driver", and "Good Guy". If you carefully compare the pictures and texts of New York that year, you will find that the film does not No realism is the pursuit of realm. But unfortunately, this is a long and boring opera. It is a boring story with violence as the main scene, revenge as the main plot, and big stars as the main selling point, but it still does not allow people to enter the drama. It wants to convey a great truth, but it can't even do the simplest fascinating. Perhaps it was the original intention of the director to make the audience feel as if they were suffocated to breathe, and thus to hate the environment and the society. If that's the case, "The Gangs of New York" can be considered a success. (
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Extended Reading
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Aletha 2021-10-20 19:00:44
Liam Neeson. John C. Reilly. Master of Downton Abbey. Snatch's tommy is so weak in the London gang, and he is tough to follow Scorsese in the United States. Often mixed with a piece of music super like the Lord of the Rings. Still quite stylized. Too violent and chaotic, it's unbelievable. What is the history? What is Scorsese? This is the voice of the Irish in the film industry, and we can only complain about the Joy Luck Club in China.
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Trycia 2021-10-20 19:00:30
It feels very complicated after reading it. On the one hand, the police's bloody suppression of the people reminded me of that incident. On the other hand, I was really impressed by how many detours a great city had to go through for the rise and prosperity of a great city, and finally reached an agreement. And these costs, no country or city in history can be exempt.
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Bill: He ain't earned a death! He ain't a death at my hands! No, he'll walk amongst you marked with shame, a freak worthy of Barnum's Museum of Wonders. God's only man, spared by the Butcher.
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Walter 'Monk' McGinn: [Pins Amsterdam to the wall] That's it, that's it! Tear my head off and destruct the world! Just like the rest of the stupid Irish in this country! That's why I never ran with your dad!
Amsterdam Vallon: Get off me you crazy bastard!
Walter 'Monk' McGinn: [Leans in and whispers a line of Gaelic. Then, in English] It means, 'If you're not strong you'd better be smart.' Now I don't know if you're being too clever or too dumb, but whichever it is just remember this much. For all his faults, your father was a man who loved his people.
[Releases Amsterdam and walks away]