Good Fellas is a highly sophisticated film, which revolves around the lives of mobsters Henry Hill, Tommy DeSimone, and James (Jimmy) Conway, the film shows the situations and progressions the gang has encountered while growing up in the mean streets of Manhattan. The elegance of this film came from the quality dynamics provided by the director, cinematographer and editor also including the highly complex personality of Tommy’s character. With the team’s accomplishments, the film crew portrayed a good sense of what the mob life was like in the 1950s and 1960s and made it to be one of the most realistic gangster movies of all times.
Tommy DeSimone is one of the most intriguing characters in the film and is fascinating to see the stressful situations …show more content…
An article that was first published by Empire Magazine Issue #17 by Henri Behar says that Martin Scorsese (director of good fellas) experienced a close encounter shooting while just leaving the back seat of an acquaintance's car. As the car drove away another mysterious black car drives up and shoots down the car that Martin had just exited. This incident has influenced Scorsese and enabled great directing qualities in him for this film. Martin portrayed scenes that accompanied the mob setting by focusing on possessions, face features, the enviornmet and structure of the films presentation. The next quality aspect that contributed the film’s success was the way the cinematography was displayed by Michael Ballhaus. Such as the close camera shots taken of the setting, which showed things like luxury foods, dining areas, and loads of money displaying the mob life’s wealth without having to verbally say it. An example is during the introduction scene when Henry is looking through the window blinds, the camera zooms closer to Henrys eyes to show the audience that we are viewing the scene from his perspective. As Henry watches Tuddy Cicero exit his red car the camera focuses in on their flashy jewelry, expensive shoe wear, clothing, and cars. This scene showed that the gangsters were wealthier than the majority and shows us what Henry ultimately defies success as. Henry …show more content…
Schoonmaker used a technique called freeze frame and was used to signify important memories in Henrys life. For instance, during the scene when Henrys father gets upset at him for missing school, Henry is forced to stop making deliveries for the mob. In result, the mob took Henry to point out his mailman and continued by roughing the mailman up to make sure he wouldn’t deliver letters to Henrys house anymore. The screen freezes when the mail man’s head is in the pizza oven, which signifies that Henry realizes violence is used in means to get what you want. It worked because Henry didn’t receive mail from anybody and even said his mom had to file a complaint about it. Another freeze frame, scene was when Henry first meets jimmy. During the narration Henry says “see, Jimmy was one of the most feared guys in the city. He was first locked up at 11”. Then the frame freezes on Jimmy’s face, which signifies another importance to Henry. This scene signifies that Henry has a lot of respect for Jimmy and shows when Henry continues to speak highly of him during the narration. Henry says “he couldn’t have been more than 28 or 29 at the time, but he was already a legend.” Which shows that the freeze frame was to imply that jimmy was a role model to Henry and later becomes his mentor.
Good Fellas ultimately was an outstanding film due to the unique acting and characterization put in by Joe Pesci and
Tommy DeSimone is one of the most intriguing characters in the film and is fascinating to see the stressful situations …show more content…
An article that was first published by Empire Magazine Issue #17 by Henri Behar says that Martin Scorsese (director of good fellas) experienced a close encounter shooting while just leaving the back seat of an acquaintance's car. As the car drove away another mysterious black car drives up and shoots down the car that Martin had just exited. This incident has influenced Scorsese and enabled great directing qualities in him for this film. Martin portrayed scenes that accompanied the mob setting by focusing on possessions, face features, the enviornmet and structure of the films presentation. The next quality aspect that contributed the film’s success was the way the cinematography was displayed by Michael Ballhaus. Such as the close camera shots taken of the setting, which showed things like luxury foods, dining areas, and loads of money displaying the mob life’s wealth without having to verbally say it. An example is during the introduction scene when Henry is looking through the window blinds, the camera zooms closer to Henrys eyes to show the audience that we are viewing the scene from his perspective. As Henry watches Tuddy Cicero exit his red car the camera focuses in on their flashy jewelry, expensive shoe wear, clothing, and cars. This scene showed that the gangsters were wealthier than the majority and shows us what Henry ultimately defies success as. Henry …show more content…
Schoonmaker used a technique called freeze frame and was used to signify important memories in Henrys life. For instance, during the scene when Henrys father gets upset at him for missing school, Henry is forced to stop making deliveries for the mob. In result, the mob took Henry to point out his mailman and continued by roughing the mailman up to make sure he wouldn’t deliver letters to Henrys house anymore. The screen freezes when the mail man’s head is in the pizza oven, which signifies that Henry realizes violence is used in means to get what you want. It worked because Henry didn’t receive mail from anybody and even said his mom had to file a complaint about it. Another freeze frame, scene was when Henry first meets jimmy. During the narration Henry says “see, Jimmy was one of the most feared guys in the city. He was first locked up at 11”. Then the frame freezes on Jimmy’s face, which signifies another importance to Henry. This scene signifies that Henry has a lot of respect for Jimmy and shows when Henry continues to speak highly of him during the narration. Henry says “he couldn’t have been more than 28 or 29 at the time, but he was already a legend.” Which shows that the freeze frame was to imply that jimmy was a role model to Henry and later becomes his mentor.
Good Fellas ultimately was an outstanding film due to the unique acting and characterization put in by Joe Pesci and