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Does the thief have a clue?
Austin 2022-04-23 07:01:01
Martin Scorsese is a true "realist" director. He was as calm as a ramble, telling stories of gangsters. They terrorize, rob, fall in love, have children, kill, sell drugs, take drugs, and have birthday parties. Just like we eat, drink, and wash our faces, they are the daily life of gangsters. It has no temperance, it can do whatever it wants, only you have a gun, a fierce and self-respecting heart, and you can get wealth, power, and even status that ordinary people can't reach. It's bounded only by the size of your fist and the amount of trickery, and nothing else. Life thus becomes a process of constant fighting, calculating, and constantly seeking excitement. Once it stops, it means life is over. They do not know what meditation is. They are the picture of this world. Martin Scorsese wasn't harsh enough, he actually followed the end of the true story, getting the mob boss jailed and the protagonist living a mediocre life. Because if you compare it with "No Country for Old Men", you can see that justice has been unable to win in modern society. Perhaps, Martin Scorsese has another dream.
Extended Reading
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Jed 2022-04-24 07:01:01
2011.01.30 @Home We are goodfellas, wise men.
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Houston 2022-04-23 07:01:01
The look and feel of the second brush is better than the first brush, but the rhythm personally thinks it is not as good as "Casino Wind and Cloud". Brotherhood is a superficial foil in front of self-interest. I respect you because I look up to you, but it does not mean that I will go to prison with you. The narration is applied so skillfully that it doesn't sound redundant, and points are again added to Scoumek's editing and Joe Pesci's frantic performance. I will never forget the scene of the pink Cadillac when Layla's piano music played.
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Henry Hill: [Narrating] These are the guys Jimmy put together for what turned out to be the biggest heist in American history: the Lufthansa heist. Tommy and Carbone were going to grab the outside guard and make him get us in the front door, Frenchy and Joe Buddha had to round up the workers, Johnny Roastbeef had to keep them all tied up and away from the alarm, even Stacks Edwards got in on it, all he was supposed to do was steal the panel truck and afterwards compact it with a friend of ours in New Jersey. Only Morrie was driving us nuts - just because he set this up, he felt he could bust Jimmy's balls for an advance on the money we were going to steal. He didn't mean anything by it; it was just the way he was.
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Jimmy Conway: [referring to Henry and Karen] She'll never divorce him. She'll kill him but she won't divorce him.