Casino suffers from too many narrators syndrome.
I don't usually love Ray Liotta, but I think he's great in Goodfellas precisely because he's not afraid to put his character's flaws front and center. He doesn't play it too cool, he's not an anti-hero, he's a shithead who managed to be a big shot for a little while.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 3 January 2019 19:12 (five years ago) link
King of Comedy is great, but count me among the boring Taxi Driver/Raging Bull/Goodfellas/Mean Streets contingent.
I had little doubt on this point.
― love craptually (Eric H.), Thursday, 3 January 2019 19:12 (five years ago) link
I would never argue that TKoC is "clearly superior" to Raging Bull and Goodfellas. It is if you're wired like me.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 3 January 2019 19:13 (five years ago) link
If you think of Mean Streets as little more than a rough sketch, stay clear of Who's That Knocking at My Door--which has at least one scene, the one with "El Watusi," I consider as great as almost anything Scorsese went on to do.
― clemenza, Thursday, 3 January 2019 19:23 (five years ago) link
Taxi Driver and King of Comedy are kind of a double A side
― flappy bird, Friday, 4 January 2019 05:17 (five years ago) link
And now I want to see Mean Streets, but I only have ten minutes before I go to work
― Mark G, Friday, 4 January 2019 07:55 (five years ago) link
Lewis told GQ, “Originally my name in the script was Robert Langford, I said, ‘Marty! We’re going to be shooting in New York. Do yourself a favor and call him Jerry Langford.’ He said, ‘Why?’ “Because everywhere we go in New York, your construction workers and cab drivers will validate that it’s Jerry.”
https://cinephiliabeyond.org/the-king-of-comedy/
― ... (Eazy), Saturday, 16 March 2019 22:39 (five years ago) link
Screened Ingrid Goes West last night...strong KoC vibes in that one.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 15:21 (five years ago) link
saw this for the first time last night. it’s an astonishing film, almost can’t believe scorsese made it. de niro has played sociopaths well before but he’s just so perfect here, class acting all around actually. and having seen UNCUT GEMS first, it almost anticipates that film — I was expecting rupert to get shot between the eyes as soon as his bit finished airing in the bar.
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 14 July 2020 02:24 (four years ago) link
Phoned a longtime friend today and--long story--had to make sure it was actually him I was talking to.
"What do we call our second cameraman?"
It was him.
― clemenza, Thursday, 11 March 2021 21:49 (three years ago) link
Laraine Newman says she auditioned for the Sandra Bernhard role. Had to sit on De Niro's lap and coo at him. It didn't work out.
― Josefa, Friday, 12 March 2021 00:59 (three years ago) link
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS_gQd8UB-hJtGDAPKjbY2CM-nGgVtBZw
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 15 December 2021 20:43 (two years ago) link
Oops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z37uV6nIgmQ
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 15 December 2021 20:44 (two years ago) link
I guess the greatness of The King of Comedy is supposed to be that it is brilliant because it's entirely cringy and off-putting. All I can say is ugh. It is my least favorite Scorsese film
― Dan S, Thursday, 22 June 2023 23:48 (one year ago) link
Next thing you will be telling us is that you don’t like Andy Kaufman.
― Holly Godarkbloom (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 22 June 2023 23:50 (one year ago) link
Andy Kaufman was great
― Dan S, Thursday, 22 June 2023 23:54 (one year ago) link
:)
― Holly Godarkbloom (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 22 June 2023 23:54 (one year ago) link
Agreed that this is Scorsese's best. It's certainly the one that's most stuck with me in the years since I saw it.
"You should only get cancer, I hope you get cancer!"
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 23 June 2023 00:05 (one year ago) link
I think it's a great film too, one of Scorsese's best. IIRC John Huston was really put off initially but came around to it when he realized it was confronting a lot of uncomfortable truths that public Hollywood figures like himself usually try to ignore - that a lot of aspiring filmmakers, actors, etc. who want to make it in Hollywood are attracted to fame just like a zealous fan. And as good as All About Eve may be, King of Comedy comes closer to how ugly, deranged and pathetic that attraction can be.
― birdistheword, Friday, 23 June 2023 00:49 (one year ago) link
^good post
― Johnny Bit Rot (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 23 June 2023 01:01 (one year ago) link
All I can say is ugh. It is my least favorite Scorsese film
You daffy bastard.
― Renaissance of the Celtic Trumpet (Tom D.), Friday, 23 June 2023 06:38 (one year ago) link
I didn’t know he was Welsh.
― Johnny Bit Rot (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 23 June 2023 06:44 (one year ago) link
That would be Taffy. 0:53.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjAfhTsxVyo
― Renaissance of the Celtic Trumpet (Tom D.), Friday, 23 June 2023 09:07 (one year ago) link
Yeah, I know
― Johnny Bit Rot (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 23 June 2023 10:13 (one year ago) link