Goodfellas
1990 | Crime | USA | Directed by Martin Scorsese
Overview
Henry Hill remembers wanting to be a gangster since he was a kid, and Scorsese makes the whole ride kinetic: the Copacabana oner, needle drops, voiceover, freeze frames. De Niro ice cold, Joe Pesci largely improvising the funny how scene, Ray Liotta charm on narration. Six Oscar nominations, one win for Pesci. The mob as seduction and trap. The influence is bottomless.
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