http://www.theonion.com/article/robert-de-niro-stunned-learn-man-who-can-quote-goo-51823
― pplains, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 17:30 (eight years ago) link
breaking real-life relevance via the NYT
A federal jury in Brooklyn cleared Vincent Asaro on all counts in a trial for charges related to the 1978 Lufthansa robbery, along with other acts of racketeering and extortion.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 November 2015 21:04 (eight years ago) link
Someone tell Scorsese I fixed his movie:
http://i.imgur.com/XvzP3t2.jpg
It'll still kill your suspension of disbelief if you look at it too closely, but it's better than what it was.
― pplains, Monday, 15 August 2016 23:34 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEjMyHccX8U
― 龜, Thursday, 1 December 2016 13:50 (seven years ago) link
Saw this on 35mm in Astoria, more fully appreciated Chuck Low's performance as Morrie the toupee guy.
and yeah, all the Sopranos
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 12 February 2017 01:15 (seven years ago) link
man i'd love to see it again in the theater
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 12 February 2017 01:42 (seven years ago) link
it's possible i never knew that Scorsese's dad whacks Joe Pesci
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 14 February 2017 20:48 (seven years ago) link
(and tends the big sauce pot in prison)
Medium rare...eh, an arisocrat
― nomar, Tuesday, 14 February 2017 20:51 (seven years ago) link
aristocrat!!
― nomar, Tuesday, 14 February 2017 20:52 (seven years ago) link
"the hoof"
(ad lib by De Niro)
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 14 February 2017 20:59 (seven years ago) link
gotta hack it off. ma, it's a sin. you gonna leave it there? you know.
― nomar, Tuesday, 14 February 2017 21:04 (seven years ago) link
I knew he was tending the sauce, but I never connected that character to both scenes!
― pplains, Tuesday, 14 February 2017 21:38 (seven years ago) link
So many family members, tending the sauce.
iirc, the whole scene was ad-libbed.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 14 February 2017 21:43 (seven years ago) link
Yes, largely improv'd it seems, but "hoof" was partic inspired along with Tommy's critique of Ma's painting.
Tho i first saw this in '90 (with my Italian boyfriend from Brooklyn!) it was the first time since i'd started heavily on Sopranos, so it was odd to hear "Melfi's voice" coming from Karen... She and Liotta both played the strung-out 1980 scenes well i thought.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 14 February 2017 21:45 (seven years ago) link
(clearly improvisation is the way to draw indelible cameos from Mama Scorsese)
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 14 February 2017 21:47 (seven years ago) link
Love her scenes in the grocery store in Casino. I don't think her reaction to "I said 'freakin' head'!" could've been scripted.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 15 February 2017 00:37 (seven years ago) link
Been thinking anyway about ~What If~ movies set in certain eras had to have soundtracks from the year they were released. Like, the opening napalm scene of Apocalypse Now forced to have Supertramp's "Gone Hollywood" under it.
Or...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZksF1FmKCrQ
― pplains, Wednesday, 15 February 2017 05:24 (seven years ago) link
i wonder, cuz i have no idea what "Wanna" is
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 15 February 2017 11:52 (seven years ago) link
I have a rare night to myself, should I go see Goodfellas at the Castro? I've never seen it on the big screen.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 31 May 2017 20:50 (seven years ago) link
wonder if this is the same 35mm print Morbz saw
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 31 May 2017 20:51 (seven years ago) link
why wouldnt ya
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 20:51 (seven years ago) link
idk some combination of laziness and poverty
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 31 May 2017 20:53 (seven years ago) link
plus I have seen it many times, albeit on a small screen
but the 35mm...
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 31 May 2017 20:54 (seven years ago) link
Go and see it.
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 21:00 (seven years ago) link
GO SEE IT JFC WHY IS THIS A QUESTION
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 21:02 (seven years ago) link
At work yesterday we discussed this scene. It's terrific how Paulie and Henry play this fool like a violin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxGjPCOpbv0
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 21:12 (seven years ago) link
Always loved this imdb trivia:
For the scene where Sonny Bunz complains to Paulie, Martin Scorsese secretly told Tony Darrow to improvise more lines for his character without telling Paul Sorvino. Sorvino's confused reaction was real.
― pplains, Wednesday, 31 May 2017 21:17 (seven years ago) link
ok fine I'll go
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 31 May 2017 22:48 (seven years ago) link
:D
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 23:00 (seven years ago) link
my favorite bit of V.O. in the film is the transition here:
When they found Sepe in the meat truck, he was frozen so stiff it took them two days to thaw him out for the autopsy.Still, I never saw Jimmy so happy! He was like a kid.
Still, I never saw Jimmy so happy! He was like a kid.
― nomar, Wednesday, 31 May 2017 23:23 (seven years ago) link
sorry, Carbone...not Sepe
― nomar, Wednesday, 31 May 2017 23:24 (seven years ago) link
Continuity error in that clip: at 2:11 Paulie's got a cigar in his mouth, but it's suddenly gone at 2:12.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 23:43 (seven years ago) link
Paulie moved slow, but he smoked really fast.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 31 May 2017 23:49 (seven years ago) link
Bah its not 35mm its 4k dcp
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 1 June 2017 00:12 (seven years ago) link
oh Castro, go get yer shinebox
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 1 June 2017 00:59 (seven years ago) link
what booooooooooooo castro
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 1 June 2017 01:12 (seven years ago) link
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, February 15, 2017 5:52 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
It's "I Wanna Be Adored" by Stone Roses, 1991.
It's just "Wanna" on Youtube because I don't want copyright police to shut it down (though I guess they can just Shazam it, as the do with everything else.)
― pplains, Thursday, 1 June 2017 01:22 (seven years ago) link
Lol the organist is playing that's amore
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 1 June 2017 01:47 (seven years ago) link
you wanted "Layla"?
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 1 June 2017 06:13 (seven years ago) link
"Jump Into The Fire"
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 1 June 2017 13:33 (seven years ago) link
so this was pretty good
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 1 June 2017 15:22 (seven years ago) link
confirmed good film
― k3vin k., Thursday, 1 June 2017 15:24 (seven years ago) link
this scorsese guy, I think he could really go places
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 1 June 2017 15:25 (seven years ago) link
was sweet when the crowd clapped for Ballhaus' credit at the end. I did not stick around for the Marriage of Maria Braun, however (sorry Werner)
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 1 June 2017 15:27 (seven years ago) link
the pace of this movie is incredible, it's like the shortest two-and-a-half-hour movie ever made
― heck i've even been an 'oyster pirate' (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 1 June 2017 15:27 (seven years ago) link
yeah I was really struck by that at the point where it circles back to the opening scene w Batts in the trunk - all this amazing stuff has flown by, one adrenaline rush after another for about 30 minutes (?) - and then bang oh yeah, here we are back at the beginning, where things start to *really* go wrong.
the final shots of him in suburbia still felt a bit abrupt. His betrayal/turning rat happens really quickly and while I love when he walks out of the docket and talks directly to the camera, it's a bit disconcerting that there's not a more dramatic denouement for Jimmy and Paulie besides the post-script text
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 1 June 2017 15:34 (seven years ago) link
the suburbia stuff worked because it is so abrupt, in my opinion, and you can see how it would feel worse than prison for Hen-dry.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 1 June 2017 15:37 (seven years ago) link