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New York gangsters, American gangsters and even modern American history
Jasen 2022-04-20 09:01:08
I have to say that it is indeed a good film. The director indirectly shows the history of that era in the United States through the struggle of two camps of gangsters for different ideas. The American Civil War, the same two camps, two concepts, population migration, melting pot phenomenon, race Discrimination against indigenous people and other social phenomena were all captured by director Ying through the fight between two gangs and finally developed to a climax. The gang fight was so powerless in the face of the orderly state armed machine and finally evolved into a two-person fight. When the grievances were divided, the riot finally ended. The protagonist buried his father's knife. New York is no longer in chaos. It develops day by day, symbolizing the era of simplicity and savagery. Slowly, it has been buried deep in New York, and an era will end with it.
Extended Reading
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Bill: [after stabbing Priest] Look to me! Who is this under my knife!
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Bill: Everything you see belongs to me, to one degree or another. The beggars and newsboys and quick thieves here in Paradise, the sailor dives and gin mills and blind tigers on the waterfront, the anglers and amusers, the she-hes and the Chinks. Everybody owes, everybody pays. Because that's how you stand up against the rising of the tide.