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New York gangsters, American gangsters and even modern American history
Jasen 2022-04-20 09:01:08
I have to say that it is indeed a good film. The director indirectly shows the history of that era in the United States through the struggle of two camps of gangsters for different ideas. The American Civil War, the same two camps, two concepts, population migration, melting pot phenomenon, race Discrimination against indigenous people and other social phenomena were all captured by director Ying through the fight between two gangs and finally developed to a climax. The gang fight was so powerless in the face of the orderly state armed machine and finally evolved into a two-person fight. When the grievances were divided, the riot finally ended. The protagonist buried his father's knife. New York is no longer in chaos. It develops day by day, symbolizing the era of simplicity and savagery. Slowly, it has been buried deep in New York, and an era will end with it.
Extended Reading
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Killoran: Monk's already won by three thousand more votes than there are voters.
Boss Tweed: Only three? Make it twenty, thirty. We don't need a victory. We need a Roman triumph.
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[speaking of Bill the Butcher]
Jenny: When I was twelve years old, my mother was dead, and I was livin' in a doorway. He took me in. Took care of me, in his way. After they cut out the baby... well, he doesn't fancy girls that's scarred up. But you might as well know in your own mind that he never laid a hand on me until I asked him to.