On the relationship between film and reality

Arne 2022-03-19 09:01:02

Adapted from real events (real person) Frank has been stealing since he was a child, and after arriving in New York in 1946, he followed the godfather of the gang, Ellsworth Johnson (this character is said to be the prototype of the famous movie "The Godfather") and was racially discriminated against Blacks monopolized the drug market in New York City, bribed the U.S. military, cooperated with unscrupulous police (nearly ¾ of the police were convicted), and family partners in drug trafficking. Take the risk seriously, relying on more than ten years of experience. From an unknown pawn to "a generation of drug lord", he did not allow his family members to make mistakes, but made the family members his Achilles' heel and was arrested. (Real Frank) He loves only one woman, she is the only beauty he stares at at the prom. The film doesn't show much about his feelings, and it's finished with a hug and a gift. Compared with the private life of Detective Richie, Frank looked quite innocent. In "To the End", there is this film in the plot where the police sells confiscated drugs to get rich

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  • Jazmin 2022-04-23 07:01:11

    Those who are engaged in marketing can understand what is "channel flattening"

  • Catalina 2022-03-24 09:01:13

    Very good, the front is indeed too scattered, but there is actually the intention of the director

American Gangster quotes

  • Frank Lucas: Let me ask you something. You think by putting me in jail, you're going to stop even one junkie from dying? Because you won't. If it isn't me, it'll be someone else. With me or without me, nothing's going to change.

    Detective Richie Roberts: Then that's the way it is.

  • Detective Richie Roberts: This is the newly formed Essex County narcotics squad, our mandate is to make major arrests, no street guys, we're looking for the suppliers and distributors, Heroin, Cocaine, Amphetamines, no grass under a thousand pounds, no powder under forty kilograms, any less than that we're going to waste our time, we're going to handling the big shipments, the big money, the big temptation