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Elouise 2022-04-20 09:01:08
I killed the person I most respected
Gangs of New York
It's an atrocity of civilization and civilization,
it's an epic of revenge,
it's a proper duel.
It has witnessed the turbulent situation in the United States in the past,
it has witnessed the rampant situation of American gangsters, and
it has also witnessed the situation of... -
Keith 2022-03-19 09:01:02
The master of gangster movies
Today I watched "New York Gangs". This is the first collaboration between Martin Scorsese and Leonardo. It is also a relatively rare alternative gangster film, but it is about the spiritual source of American gangs. I think this This film depicts the birth of American gang culture, which is still...
Yoon C. Joyce
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Alysha 2022-03-24 09:01:11
Archive 2013.9.22.7pm The United States started on the streets. Native and foreign ethnic groups, Protestants and Catholics, Irish and black Chinese, in a fusion of fires, in the context of immigration and the Civil War, forged New York (U.S. ). The scene of the riot pays tribute to the battleship Potemkin (stone lion, gun forest, ship cannon). The emotion of killing a father and an enemy is similar to Shakespeare or Zhao's orphan, and Hugo's "The Laughing Man." Martin's "Once Upon a Time in America."
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Teagan 2021-10-20 19:00:48
The ambition is too great, and the interleaving of the historical background enriches the transmission of the social and political connotation under the gang type form of the film, but it damages the creation of the character image. But I have to say that there are a few scenes that are moving, such as the assassinations and performances in the Chinese Theater, but as a whole they failed to fulfill Martin's high expectations.
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Bill: At my challenge, by the ancient laws of combat, we have met at this chosen ground, to settle for good and all who holds sway over the Five Points: us natives, born right wise to this fine land, or the foreign hordes defiling it.
Native Gangs: Yeah.
Priest Vallon: By the ancient laws of combat, I accept the challenge of the so called "natives." They plague our people at every turn, but from this day out, they shall plague us no more. For let it be known, that the hand that tries to strike us from this land shall be swiftly cut down.
Irish Gangs: YEAH.
Bill: Then may the Christian Lord guide my hand, against your Roman popery.
Priest Vallon: Prepare to receive the true Lord!
[the enemy gangs rush into battle]
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Bill: Is this it, Priest? The Pope's new army? A few crusty bitches and a handful of rag-tags?
Priest Vallon: Now, now, Bill, you swore this was a battle between warriors, not a bunch of Miss Nancys. So warriors is what I brought.
[more Irish gangs arrive]
O'Connell Guard Leader: The O'Connell Guard!
Plug Uglies Leader: The Plug Uglies!
Shirt Tails Leader: The Shirt Tails!
Chichesters Leader: The Chichesters!
Forty Thieves Leader: The Forty Thieves!
Bill: Bene.
