Tag: Goodfellas

• Perfect Directors: Martin Scorsese

  

  If there’s one unifying element to Martin Scorsese’s films, it’s alienation. Specifically, the alienation of his male protagonists: whether successes (Howard Hughes in The Aviator, Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street, or Sam “Ace” Rothstein in Casino), failures (Rupert Pupkin in The King of Comedy, Frank Pierce in Bringing Out the Dead, and […]

  Mike Gray

  June 15, 2017

  culture, film

  director, film, Goodfellas, Martin Scorsese, Perfect Directors, Taxi Driver, The Wolf of Wall Street

• Perfect Movies: Goodfellas

  

  “As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.” This wry confession comes from the narrator and protagonist of the film–who will soon be formally introduced as Henry Hill–hovering over a body in the trunk of his car, bathed in the red light of his brake lights in the darkness […]

  Mike Gray

  March 30, 2017

  American culture, culture, film, Uncategorized

  1990, American culture, analysis, culture, film, Goodfellas, Martin Scorsese, Perfect Movies