"Goodfellas": People can't help themselves in the arena

Letitia 2022-04-21 09:01:02

Adapted from real events, from the admiration of the gang boss when he was a teenager, to the living state of being reused by the gang after being released from prison, to the dilemma of being dragged into various murder cases by his friends step by step and unable to extricate himself. When it is discovered that drug trafficking can make a lot of money, even if it is warned by the boss, it is unscrupulous and devoted. At the last moment when he realized that he was about to be removed, he took the initiative to expose the various crimes of all the underworld people around him. Although he was also in prison, he could still avoid death. legendary anecdote.

Directed by Martin Scorsese, who is good at filming the atmosphere of the rivers and lakes, and the tough guy Robert De Niro as the lead, coupled with an impeccable true story script. When such a power triangle is perfectly combined, this film can be named as the epic gangster masterpiece "The Godfather", and has a unique style of lyrical poetry. Under the ruthless ruthlessness of the gang, the family ethics and personal feelings of personal experience, let the audience feel a different kind of underworld life with a warm side.

The film also deeply explores the gray meaning of gangs as the bottom layer of society. When society loses its proper order, another order will take root and thrive, and regulate its own code of conduct with the most primitive moral standards. , assisting the development of society. With the progress of civilization and the improvement of laws, the primitive and wild side will eventually withdraw from the stage of history, and then enhance their pursuit of a higher level of survival and desire. This is also a necessary link in the development of human society from primitive to civilization. .

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Goodfellas quotes

  • Tommy DeVito: "What do you want to tell me now, tough guy?" I said, "Bing, what are you doing here? I thought I told you to go fuck your mother!"

    [group laughs]

    Tommy DeVito: I thought he was gonna shit!

  • Tommy DeVito: [Tommy mocks at Spider] Oklahoma Kid. That's me. I'm the Oklahoma Kid. You fuckin' varmint! Dance. Dance. YAHOO, YA MOTHERFUCKER!

    [shoots Spider in the foot]