Mean Streets Comments

  • Alan 2021-12-08 08:01:44

    The beginning of the collaboration between Lao Ma and De Niro legend. Horizontal shift/jump cut/depth-of-field shots, rock/opera/narration, autobiographical description, subcultural friction, simple linear narrative, dirty corners of New York. The last minute bullets are so...

  • Shannon 2021-12-08 08:01:44

    Scorsese personally visited the scene, and the Q&A was still very interesting. The troubled times of Little Italy, but a large part of it was shot in LA. Martin was only 30 years old at the time! Robert De Niro wore Bruce Lee's hairstyle. . . Great...

  • Nyasia 2021-12-08 08:01:44

    1. In the era of poor streets and alleys, you don't have to pay for a murder, but please remember to pay the debts. 2. Mirror skills are beginning to show up, and narrative skills are a little bit weak, and contradictions are suddenly out of...

  • Vicenta 2021-12-08 08:01:44

    De Niro shows off his debut work, George, who makes friends carelessly, is murdered by the unscrupulous...

  • Enos 2021-12-08 08:01:44

    Manic lower-class youths, Italian immigrants wandering on the fringe of New York. Everyone follows the principle of self-righteousness, but is mocked mercilessly by the reality and the...

  • Shanna 2021-12-08 08:01:44

    The highlight is by no means limited to the first cooperation with De Niro! All the motifs and styles of Lao Ma are exposed in this film: Little Italy and the gang, religion and salvation, arrogance and anti-social personality, God's perspective and handheld, slow motion and discontinuous editing, rock music... Red is the color of sex, blood and sin. The film screening begins, flashing back to "Dreamland" with Theresa's no sign, the redemption style of burning hands, the cross. Semi-subjective...

  • Elyse 2021-12-08 08:01:44

    The noisy and endless conversation of the gangsters is really a headache. . . . ....

  • Ransom 2021-12-08 08:01:44

    The technical level is better than the storyline. Scorsese is full of talents, infused with many personal characteristics and preferences, has a documentary taste, dazzling and diverse shots and editing, the characters are three-dimensional and distinctive, unforgettable, and good soundtrack. . De Niro, spoiled by Keitel, is like a child-like bastard, going wild and confused. He needs to bear unknown risks and consequences. God is powerless, and the final price has a sense of...

  • Ariane 2021-12-08 08:01:44

    After hearing Andy Warhol tell the story of Robert De Niro performing ten roles in the Camp comedy in the underground of New York, you can no longer face De Niro’s fascinating smile, because you don’t know what he wants to express. If I like you, I still scold you as bad as corns. De Niro in the play is a petrol incendiary roaming the poor streets and alleys. He is both cynical and fearless. The scene of dancing beside the car after humiliating the gang leader is a classic. Scorsese especially...

  • Garnett 2021-12-08 08:01:44

    The second film in Lao Ma's sequence is actually his third film. In order to prepare funds and connections, he directed a B-rated film "Cold Blood Thunderbolt", and then he got De Niro and Hawe. The ability of the drama has increased significantly, the theme has become more clear, and the skills have changed from miscellaneous to directional, including long-range shooting, slow motion, jump cuts, and large-scale sound effects J-Cut. Music and violence are closely linked, and there is reason to...

Extended Reading
  • Josianne 2021-12-08 08:01:44

    Martin's first important work

    Poor streets: I heard that you like violence?

    Violence is always pervasive in Martin Scorsese's films, and "Poor Streets" is an important work in which he shows off.

  • Tia 2021-12-08 08:01:44

    Mean Street

    Scorsese’s early works, strong personal stylization, editing and editing, OST full of exotic style, hand-held lens brings a full sense of realism and vitality, restore the feast of New York in the 70s, living on the edge of the poor streets. Emptiness, loneliness and restlessness. De Niro plays a...

Mean Streets quotes

  • Charlie: Look... I'll give ya $20 to hold ya for now.

    Michael Longo: What, are ya kidding? $20 doesn't pay the interest for 2 hours. Now, with a vig, it's almost $3000.

    Charlie: $3000? Shit, you charge a guy from the neighborhood $1800 vig? One day he's late with his payments.

    Michael Longo: Whatta ya think I am, his father?

  • Charlie: Alright. Okay. Thanks a lot, Lord. Thanks a lot for opening my eyes. We talk about penance and you see this through the door.

    [Johnny Boy putting his pants back on at a Tony's joint]

    Charlie: Well, we play by your rules, don't we. Well, don't we?