Research Paper On Goodfellas

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Goodfellas is a film that showed the public that art is shown in many ways, and not just a canvas. As a child, I spent most my time with my brother. Spending most time with him, I was able to be shown a whole new world of art. Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas was a huge part in my childhood and would go on to change the way I saw art in the future. However, Goodfellas is not your common children's movie; but it was perfect for me. It is a film of many categories including; violence, crime, gangster, ambition, self worth, and most important the good vs. the bad. Goodfellas is a very important film to me and many people out there. Not only for the story line, but as well the way everything is shown.
This film is not your average gangster film. Sure

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