Goodfelllas
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wrote on 21 Sept 2020, 12:13 last edited by
It's been 30 years since its release.
Mental Floss has some trivia about it.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/60948/24-things-you-might-not-know-about-goodfellas
That "You make me laugh" scene?
The most famous (if not the most quoted) scene in Goodfellas comes at the beginning, when Pesci's Tommy DeVito jokingly-yet-uncomfortably accosts Henry Hill for calling him "funny." In addition to being the driving force behind the scene on screen, Pesci is also responsible for coming up with the premise.
While working in a restaurant, a young Pesci apparently told a mobster that he was funny—a compliment that was met with a less-than-enthusiastic response. Pesci relayed the anecdote to Scorsese, who decided to include it in the film. Scorsese didn't include the scene in the shooting script so that Pesci and Liotta’s interactions would elicit genuinely surprised reactions from the supporting cast.
Crime pays:
Hill was paid roughly $550,000 for Goodfellas (not including additional money he made off of the fame resulting from the film’s huge and sustained popularity). But according to Hill, that’s chump change compared to wiseguy money he was making back in his gangster days, which ranged from $15,000 to $40,000 a week. However, the massive sums from his glory days hardly left him a rich man; he claimed he blew almost all of his mob money on partying and a “degenerate” gambling problem.
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wrote on 21 Sept 2020, 13:23 last edited by
Still an excellent movie. Not as good as The Godfather, but still very good.
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wrote on 21 Sept 2020, 13:29 last edited by Mik
Yes, but artistically, The Godfather is an offering you can't refute.
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wrote on 21 Sept 2020, 13:37 last edited by
@Mik said in Goodfelllas:
Yes, but artistically, The Godfather is an offering you can't refute.
Absolutely. The opening of GFII - with the party on Lake Tahoe, what an epic scene. The baptism scene interspersed with the assassinations, my God.
I'll have to revisit these movies.
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It's been 30 years since its release.
Mental Floss has some trivia about it.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/60948/24-things-you-might-not-know-about-goodfellas
That "You make me laugh" scene?
The most famous (if not the most quoted) scene in Goodfellas comes at the beginning, when Pesci's Tommy DeVito jokingly-yet-uncomfortably accosts Henry Hill for calling him "funny." In addition to being the driving force behind the scene on screen, Pesci is also responsible for coming up with the premise.
While working in a restaurant, a young Pesci apparently told a mobster that he was funny—a compliment that was met with a less-than-enthusiastic response. Pesci relayed the anecdote to Scorsese, who decided to include it in the film. Scorsese didn't include the scene in the shooting script so that Pesci and Liotta’s interactions would elicit genuinely surprised reactions from the supporting cast.
Crime pays:
Hill was paid roughly $550,000 for Goodfellas (not including additional money he made off of the fame resulting from the film’s huge and sustained popularity). But according to Hill, that’s chump change compared to wiseguy money he was making back in his gangster days, which ranged from $15,000 to $40,000 a week. However, the massive sums from his glory days hardly left him a rich man; he claimed he blew almost all of his mob money on partying and a “degenerate” gambling problem.
wrote on 21 Sept 2020, 14:54 last edited by@George-K said in Goodfelllas:
It's been 30 years since its release.
Mental Floss has some trivia about it.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/60948/24-things-you-might-not-know-about-goodfellas
That "You make me laugh" scene?
The most famous (if not the most quoted) scene in Goodfellas comes at the beginning, when Pesci's Tommy DeVito jokingly-yet-uncomfortably accosts Henry Hill for calling him "funny."
"If not" concedes that something is not one thing, but even so, is this other thing. It does not mean "and also maybe this other thing".
#AquaMode
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wrote on 21 Sept 2020, 15:03 last edited by
Not untrue.