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I KNOW , I OWN IT ALREADY.

xpost After Hours is ok but it's not as good as:

Taxi Driver
Raging Bull
GOODFUCKINGFELLAS
etc.

But it is better than Gangs of NY.

― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Alex, you are unwittingly eating baby food sprinkled with misguidance.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:29 (twenty-one years ago)

"Gangs of New York" is an ambitious albeit deeply flawed film.

"Taxi Driver" and "Goodfellas" are untouchably sublime films.

"After Hours" is simply my favorite film of all time.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Sorry for the poor metaphor...but it's really all I'm capable of right now.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Casino, anyone?

― Monetizing Eyeballs (diamond), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:31 (twenty-one years ago)

"The Breakfast Club" is on AMC right now.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:32 (twenty-one years ago)

It has some great Stones tracks on the soundtrack so yes - especially for Sweet Virginia.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Casino is good for having Devo on the soundtrack.

― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Might be Pesci's finest hour. Shame he had to die so painfully.

― Monetizing Eyeballs (diamond), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:33 (twenty-one years ago)

"Jump Into the Fire" by Nilsson during the paranoid chopper/coke/pasta scene of "Goodfellas" = brilliance

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Casino rules!

― Gear! (Gear!), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Never saw "Casino", actually, but now having heard that Devo appears, it will be viewed with all haste.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Clarence Frogman Henry to thread.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Well they don't APPEAR, Alex. I mean really you could just put on "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" on and just look at a pic of DeNiro, same difference.

― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, they sonically appear.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:35 (twenty-one years ago)

There's a Devo track in Dogtown And Z-Boys, Alex. And Alice Cooper! You should see that movie!

― adam. (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Saw. Saw it before you. (Glen Friedman lives down my hall).

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Boy was that an assholey comment from yours truly.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:35 (twenty-one years ago)

i like after hours

― gaz (gaz), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:36 (twenty-one years ago)

No, I just want to make sure you see it.

oh no gaz

― adam. (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:36 (twenty-one years ago)

OK well Casino isn't bad, it's good, but it's not really good.

― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:36 (twenty-one years ago)

ihttp://www.scorsesefilms.com/photos/images/images/dunne_jpg.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Thanks for proving me right, Alex.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:41 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.tvguide.com/movies/dbpix/images/27135a.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Actually his choice of screen shots is making it look better than I remember it.

― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:42 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.xenix.ch/archiv/juli99/img_juli99/after.gif

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:43 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.jeu.frcd.freesurf.fr/jpg/14s11i05.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:45 (twenty-one years ago)

I've never actually seen a Scorsese movie, except for half of GONY which was one of the worst things I've ever seen.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:45 (twenty-one years ago)

http://saoki.site0.com/poly/engl372/scorsese/after-hours.gif

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Griffin Dunne is NOT cool.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:48 (twenty-one years ago)

I've never actually seen a Scorsese movie, except for half of GONY which was one of the worst things I've ever seen.

"GONY" sounds like an obscure Japanese children's movie about a playful panda that ran away from a circus.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Griffin Dunne is NOT cool.

Who said everyone had to be cool?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:49 (twenty-one years ago)

not me, but I am saying he's not, that's for damn sure. He makes James Spader seem like a method actor.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, to be fair, I haven't thought much of him in any other roles (though he was entertaining as Frank Zappa in that VH1 movie about the PMRC). That movie he made with Madonna was unwatchable, though.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Just fucking admit it, dudes - Griffin Dunne and James Spader only have one face.

I know they can open and close their mouth and eyes, but I personally class those as biological functions, pure and simple. Other than that, they wear that face like a mask 24-7. Let's just all agree on this one and then we can move on to politics or something. I mean, I'M a movie person! But Griffin Dunne's and James Spader's faces are like the wind, they don't change. Evolution is done with Griffin Dunne's and James Spader's faces. Science and art have turned their attentions to worthier subjects, like stem cell research and sound installation. And when we're all so much wormfood, Griffin Dunne and James Spader will still be there, with the same fucking faces.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:53 (twenty-one years ago)

James Spader? How did he get into this?

Alright. Sorry for hijacking this thread with my unconditional, fundmentalist alleigance to the perfection that is "After Hours" (maybe it's a New York thing...you have to have lived here to fully appreciate it). I now return this thread to the original topic, already in progress.

And here's an on-topic question to loop it back around: Why did Scorsese pick Sid Vicious' "My Way" for the end credits?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:55 (twenty-one years ago)

chronologically and aesthetically appropriate. Sinatra-era gangsters hobbling into the 1980s.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Sinatra-era gangsters hobbling into the 1980s.

Hmmmm....dunno'bout that. It still seems a bit incongruous to me (not the chronology part, but the aesthetic appropriateness).

Anyway, it's Midnight....my shift is over. Nighty night, ILX.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:58 (twenty-one years ago)

my way is the perfect way to end goodfellas... because henry hill did it his way!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:41 (twenty-one years ago)

anyway the point is no more after hours pics would be appreciated on this thread

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:43 (twenty-one years ago)

http://membres.lycos.fr/goodfellasbyfab/rt4.jpg

― Gear! (Gear!), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:51 (twenty-one years ago)

friends forever

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Alex in NYC utterly and absolutely OTM.

― Symplistic (shmuel), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:55 (twenty-one years ago)

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:56 (twenty-one years ago)

yes

― Symplistic (shmuel), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:57 (twenty-one years ago)

fite

― Gear! (Gear!), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:57 (twenty-one years ago)

how hot is lorraine bracco in this movie

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:57 (twenty-one years ago)

"i have to admit... it turned me on!"

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:58 (twenty-one years ago)

And here's an on-topic question to loop it back around: Why did Scorsese pick Sid Vicious' "My Way" for the end credits?

-- Alex in NYC (vassife...) (webmail), August 18th, 2004 10:55 PM. (vassifer) (later) (link)

because both sid vicious and henry hill were self-destructive louts whose following their id only got them into terrible trouble? (also the ironic wink to sinatra--it's a mob movie after all.) it seems a beautifully appropriate choice to me.

btw this movie rules, but casino is even better.

― amateur!!st (amateurist), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:59 (twenty-one years ago)

i beg to differ, casino kinda falls apart in the last act don't you find?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:59 (twenty-one years ago)

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Another one I now realize is him: Born on the Fourth of July, the guy in the bar who ridicules Cruise about his war experiences.

― clemenza, Sunday, 14 January 2024 19:16 (two years ago)

There's actually quite a few points of similarity between "GoodFellas" and "Miller's Crossing":

- Gangster drama released in late September of 1990

- Gangsters all primarily delineated as Irish/Italian/Jewish

- Mike Starr as a character named "Frankie" and "Frenchie", two names that could both be considered slang for "Francophone"

- Irish protagonist with Jewish love interest

- Murder of a character known for his toupee

- "Oh Danny Boy" is heard, either sung or played on a Victrola

- Corpse left in wooded area, and later revisited by protagonist, who succumbs to vomiting

- Both Tom Regan and Lois insist on retrieving their forgotten hats

― Hongro Hongro Hippies (Myonga Vön Bontee), Sunday, 14 January 2024 21:13 (two years ago)

six months pass...

A good read:

https://flaminghydra.com/issue-133/#goodfellas-in-the-theater

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 5 August 2024 21:48 (one year ago)

three months pass...

The room they take Tommy into to be made/whacked has the worst fake wood paneling

― calstars, Saturday, 30 November 2024 04:22 (one year ago)

imagine being completely unaware the last things you'll be seeing are that room!

― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Saturday, 30 November 2024 04:56 (one year ago)

Yeah. You notice some details and then zzz
Was DeSimone ever found?

― calstars, Saturday, 30 November 2024 05:18 (one year ago)

three months pass...

pplains' video! lol

this is a good thread.

last night i watched this at a local place, big screen, for the first time since 1990. with my boys. real boys night out type of movie. of course it's a banger. so much that i'd forgotten about. really fun to read this thread now. when it all comes crashing down really made me think of cassavetes and his unhappy characters in crisis. the two of them on the floor sobbing raggedly and hugging each other.

here's a link to the GQ article that works:
https://www.gq.com/story/goodfellas-making-of-behind-the-scenes-interview-scorsese-deniro

― Tracer Hand, Monday, 17 March 2025 23:36 (one year ago)

Or even: https://archive.is/tnlXY

― Tracer Hand, Monday, 17 March 2025 23:37 (one year ago)

There's actually quite a few points of similarity between "GoodFellas" and "Miller's Crossing":

- Gangster drama released in late September of 1990

- Gangsters all primarily delineated as Irish/Italian/Jewish

- Mike Starr as a character named "Frankie" and "Frenchie", two names that could both be considered slang for "Francophone"

- Irish protagonist with Jewish love interest

- Murder of a character known for his toupee

- "Oh Danny Boy" is heard, either sung or played on a Victrola

- Corpse left in wooded area, and later revisited by protagonist, who succumbs to vomiting

- Both Tom Regan and Lois insist on retrieving their forgotten hats

― Hongro Hongro Hippies (Myonga Vön Bontee), 14 January 2024 21:13 (one year ago) bookmarkflaglink

amazing post

― tuah dé danann (darraghmac), Monday, 17 March 2025 23:49 (one year ago)

Mentioned the Glenn Kenny book upthread; no one seemed much interested, but very good, with a chapter on the music.

https://i.postimg.cc/X7vNB7BJ/made-men.jpg

― clemenza, Tuesday, 18 March 2025 00:42 (one year ago)

one month passes...

It is indeed very good, that book.

Anyway, happy 45th anniversary:

https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:y3cfhqre6iuilnhwp23fgl2v/bafkreigok6qcwn3ewpv7a7mzehb2ngeqzx7evjk5zi6o2r5pk7jcoobkm4@jpeg

― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 11 May 2025 15:04 (one year ago)

three months pass...

https://i.imgur.com/0eo8bvt.jpeg

― pplains, Saturday, 30 August 2025 17:05 (nine months ago)

heh

― lag∞n, Saturday, 30 August 2025 17:06 (nine months ago)

amazing

― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 30 August 2025 18:16 (nine months ago)

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