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Few filmmakers remain as influential in cinema as Martin Scorsese, and the list of his achievements in his long career remains vast. None of them, however, remains as iconic as Goodfellas, the 1990 gangster classic.
✕ Remove Ads In the final scene, Goodfellas also reminds us how alluring the criminal lifestyle can be. Rather than regretting the life, Hill laments losing it, and his attitude turns what should feel like a happy ending into a bittersweet one that felt entirely fitting for the genre. Leaving the life is portrayed as being the correct decision in no uncertain terms, but it feels like social death to Hill — being too mundane for his liking.
Related ‘Goodfellas’ As We Know It Wouldn’t Exist Without This Movie The 1976 low-budget crime film set the stage for decades of fruitful collaboration. ✕ Remove Ads Towards the final act, the film turns this energy on its head, exploring the clear paranoia of Hill and his downfall in the span of a single exhausting day. While his excesses are generally toned down from real life, the fall of Hill comes with shocking speed and clarity. When he is left helpless and exhausted after being released on bail; that frantic energy is gone, replaced by a foreboding sense of total dread.
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