He would still be arguing in the car when the fire trucks arrived when they burned down the restaurant. "So if I sleep with her friend, she'll want to sleep with you to not be outdone. Is her friend attractive?" The police would tap on the window, "There's a fire here. How long you been sitting here? Why didn't you call the fire company?" "I thought they were doing some minor renovations. Get that smoke filled cabaret feel. I guess it got out of hand. Alright we'll leave now."
Well- Woody did play a Criminal in one of his early Movie- The so called "Funny ONe.s" - "TAke the Money and Run.: I was very, very young when I saw the Movie with my father and brother. I couldn't stop laughing. I laughed throughout the whole MOvie. That was the first time I saw a Woody Allen MOvie. My favority Woody Allen MOvie is Broadway DAnny Rose. I liked Broadway Danny Rose because it wasn't about upper class Wealth Manhatanites, but about poor Struggling working class and poor People. I guess "TAke the Money and Run" was also not about upper class and WEalthy Manhattanites.
Scorcese has that unusual knack of putting you in a scene while also making you aware of the craft of directing: the long take at the Copacobana, the music video editing of the cocaine scene, the voiceover and closeup of the garlic being sliced in prison...
It’s an incredible film. My dad’s cousins hung around the real Jimmy Burke. Very intimidating and scary man. The film captures him well but apparently he was much worse according to Henry Hill…
Scorsese has made some amazing films, like "Raging Bull" and "Taxi Driver" which are two of the best American films of all time. "Goodfellas", however, was my favorite American film for the precise reasons that Woody outlined. It's like for the first time, you are seeing what it REALLY is to live that life.
It is really inspiring to see a Director of Woody Allen's calibre give kudos to a movie in a completely different genre to the one he typically makes. That said there are similarities - Woody makes films based around families and close friends - which essentially is what "Goodfellas" is about - except that the "family and close friends" are a lot more colorful than the characters that Woody tends to explore / portray - gangsters instead of average New Yorkers. But he's right, it's a great film :)
Woody Allen made a film called Radio Days, which was released a year or two before Goodfellas. It really reminds of Goodfellas - not in its subject matter but in the way it’s told. You have a narrator excitedly talking you through several intertwining stories about people in a New York neighbourhood.
@deanronson6331 Get real lad, you don't have a clue who 7L and Esoteric are. You clicked on my profile and tried to glean some information about me to make your retort seem personal, fucking loser go listen to the Beatles or something you fucking sheep cunt
I normally don't like Mafia movies. I grew up in Queens not all that far from the neighborhoods in Goodfellas and these movies creep me out a bit. Yet every time I flip through the channels and stop on Goodfellas I tell myself I'll just watch for a few minutes. And sure enough EVERY damn time I end up watching it through to the end.
He's right, such a great, great film. First time I saw it, I was just, what's the word? Spellbound. Couldn't move. Barely even blinked! Just totally, completely, in "that world" that Scorsese created.
I just watched it again this evening. Amazing how this film just draws you in. So well constructed (dramatically). One scene after another, just pulling you in to the story. Astonishing.
I like that, but nowadays the directors need more than two hours to tell a simple story. I mean, I support when you need more time only if you had a long script that requires it and if you have a easy script you can make a short movie.
@Daniel Treadwell So where's the other victims? How is it Woody Allen has one single victim whose details fluctuate routinely and goes around shaming and bullying celebrities for working with him rather than going to Connecticut and filing a civil suit against him, which she's legally able to do for another decade, when Harvey Weinstein and Bill Cosby had multiple accusations against them in the wake of #MeToo? You've been duped by the Farrows playing on your mistaken beliefs of "morality".
@@elmoblatch9787 Woody saved Farrow's career by putting her in in so many of his films. A few are regarded as classics. She repaid him with animal spite. Woody may have his quirks, but he's not a pedophile. Mia Farrow is evil.
Woody Allen right on ! H e is so right about how the film makes you feel you are right there with the characters. It’s an amazing film which I have viewed 20+ times.
God, I love Woody. If I remember correctly he put Goodfellas among his "greatest 10 american movies ever made". Not bad! I wouldn't expect that. Anyway, now that I'm watching him actually talking about the movie, I have this stupid smile on my face cause I cannot stop imagine Woody('s neurotic character) in Goodfellas, doing stuff with Henry, Jimmy and Tommy. Like, ruining every plan, or being afraid of working at night lol
@@c.d.cabascangosanchez3687 That's a goddamned lie, and you're a goddamned liar for saying it. Google it and find out the truth, or continue being an ignorant, stupid, asshole about it.
"Yes, but Woody how could you sit through a movie that used music recorded after 1940?" Maybe he turned the sound off! Interestingly, much of 'Goodfellas' is simply made up. Tommy didn't even exist and most of the events didn't happen. Henry Hill, of course, is Jewish, though they try to make out that he is half Irish and half Italian. What a joke.
Woody Allen has himself to blame for his numerous critics. I think otherwise he would be many times more popular. Some people who watch his films can't get past his behavior. However he is a very good filmmaker, and the dialog in the majority of his films is great. Same thing with Polanski, a great filmmaker and a major scumbag. For me personally I have struggled with other performers who make it difficult to respect their art, such as Pink Floyd's Rodger Waters, even though I love most of their music. So support Woody Allen if you want or not, but don't blame the commenters, that just shows a lack of empathy for people who have been negatively affected by him.
@@waynej2608 ok well I strongly disagree he is great period. I think there is some responsibility to live within the rules of society, if you don't then you suffer from it. Period. It could be suffering from being sent to prision, or in Woodys case suffering due to public shame. That's his own fault. And it affects the way some people view his films. For example his film are funny, but when they think of him, it's hard to laugh for some people. On the topic of small minded you might want to realize that there is intense hate toward Woody, for his actions. I'm not sure if your in the United States but if you are, we have the freedom to like or dislike whom ever we wish for a good reason or for no reason at all. If you can't see that woody has caused this himself then your mentality blind. There are a many celebrities who have hurt their own careers, woody and Polanski are just two. Sometimes people are forgiven and sometimes not. Reguardless of your passion for woody, he is more devicive then even Donald Trump, and that is a difficult task to accomplish for anyone. It's 100% a legitimate gripe by people who have issues with him, and to them, (obviously not you), he is scum. So your, he is great period is really meaningless to anyone but his fans. I don't take that stance, but I have empathy for people who do and I certainly see why people have issues with him. It's not small minded people but open minded people who are thoughtful and consider all sides before talking for our society as you seem to do.
I agree. The immersive quality of Goodfellas is totally enhanced by the narration. You feel like Henry Hill is sitting right next to you talking about what you're both seeing, while sharing a bucket of nicely buttered (with REAL butter) popcorn.
I drove a cab for the Mob in Queens, it went well for the most part. If every business ran things the way those guys did you wouldn't need any government assistance
they are both influential of Federico Fellini and in my mind that is all that really matters, Scorsese's father was friends with him, and brought his films here, Woody Allen adapted 8 1/2 into Stardust Memories ....Its all good baby
Maui...well any influence is completely lost. Fellinis 8.5 will be watched 100 years from now --- when both Scorsese's and Allen will be forgotten. They are Both making commercial films for Money...that is their motivation. Fellinis had a much larger motivation ...and therefore a bigger vision. When we see these films today (2020) 8 1/2 is just in another universe.
.....To make a great and lasting film the Filmaker Must master the use of Silence in the film. ..silence as an aspect of the film gives the breathing space for realism.
Allen and Scorsese are obviously two of the greatest American filmmakers in my lifetime (I was born 1970s). The judgments you make about the kind of person you presume them to be, have nothing to do with the art they create. It's a separate issue. Not many people, now, think Caravaggio was a poor painter because he murdered someone 500 years ago.
Love and Death very funny like LOL funny but it's comedy based on Tolstoy Dostoyevsky T.S.Elliot and Kant. Diane Keaton is truly beautiful and at her funniest also. Music by Serge Prokofieve.
I agree as much as I like the Departed, Infernal Affairs is a GREAT movie. My buddy who is a film buff told me to watch that after we had seen the Departed and he was right, it's the much superior film. And I love Scorcese.
At the car dealership, a Pontiac franchise, I was the "Lot Boy', which meant that I had charge of the Inventory of both New and used cars, did minor repairs, and prepped them for sale if ordered to. Car dealerships do NOT make money on new cars. They make money on used cars and the Garage and Body Shop. Often, a car would be missing. I was told to NEVER ask questions. Usually, it was a Firebird with NO options on it other than a 455 cubic inch Engine and an automatic transmission. Get it?
@__ Or her creepy opportunistic son. He did a great job in taking Weinstein down, but other than that, there's always been something about Ronan that's rubbed me the wrong way (and the last time that feeling popped up was about a local L.A. film theater owner who was ousted after his abuse of employees went public).
Woody went from being a brilliant slapstick comedy director to a "relationship" movie director. Would have been interesting if he had tackled other genres.
@warrcc c Match Point was great... a tribute to Hitchcock at his best. And "Crimes and Misdemeanors" was brilliant. Sure, I came of age while Woody was making us laugh with "Sleeper" and "Bananas," but some his post-comedic films are amazing. He just makes a few clunkers, due to his "one-a-year" work schedule.
@@TheRealDrJoeyWoody's, Sweet and Lowdown, was a nice departure, too. It puzzles me that that film isn't better known and/or celebrated. Sean Penn was amazing in it.
I agree! I remember seeing it for the first time when I was 9 and feeling that exact same way, and still do when I watch it. It really blew me away like nothing I'd ever seen before it. "Now go home and get your fuckin' shine box!" Classic!
My immediate memory of Goodfellas is my mom waking me early so that i could watch the opening scene, i was 16 i think..... blew my mind!! I still think Casino is better tho.
Woody would make a great mob boss. Scene: Woody muscling in on a business to provide protection for a cut of the action. "So might I just p pontificate and in interject a ca concept at this juncture".
It sucked to see Goodfellas lose to Dances with Wolves at the oscars. No disrespect to Dances with Wolves, but Goodfellas was clearly the better movie.
I have only one criteria for what a great movie is. After watching it will I want to watch it again...That's it. I could care less about the Academy awards. I have seen Casablanca about 20 times...Jaws 25 times. Goodfellas 20 times. Wizard Of Oz too many times. It's a Wonderful Life, The Maltese Falcon, The Godfather, Psycho, Saving Private Ryan, and so on....Screw the Academy. Goodfellas never gets tiring. Best scene is De Niro at the bar silently figuring out he has to kill everyone.
Woody Allen also directed one of the great "gangster" films too: Bullets Over Broadway. It's hilarious, and Chazz Palminteri's character seems straight out of a Scorsese picture.
The weird thing is that he's endlessly praised P.T. Anderson's films in interviews. I guess he'd be cool with Scorsese. Probably not the rock music - "why couldn't you use any Dixieland jazz?" "because it's the 1960s, you dork." - but the style is delectable.
What do you consider a flop? Are you talking box office flop? In that case Scorsese has 3, and at least 2 of those box office flops were amazing films. Even Raging Bull was received negatively when it first came out. Doing poorly at the box office doesn't mean a film is not a a great film. And ratios? Woody Allen has made over 40 films, at least one a year, and at most they've received mixed reviews. Woody Allen has never made a bad film, just better or worse ones.
I see Scorsese at work now that you've told me it is there, we have a seat at the table which invest us into the set up for the action. Diner, Italian Restaurant, social club, Kitchen table, Copacabana club all revolving around tables.
Martin Scorsese's films have won 20 Academy Awards and Woody Allen's films have won 11, overall. It's hardly 100 v 4 like you clearly exaggerated. Personally, Scorsese's won 2 best pictures, 1 adapted screenplay, and 1 best director. Allen's won 1 best picture, 3 original screenplays and 1 best director. You can keep your misinformed opinion, but Scorsese is a fan of and respects Allen's work. He considers WA a peer. Just stop watching his films, Scorsese would be ashamed to know you're a fan
I worked for an auto dealership owned by the Mob. They were great guys, for the most part. But when things went wrong, boy did they go wrong. I'm glad that my experience with them was a short one. No, the money is NOT worth it.....
+ahyaok100 who the fuck cares? a good movie is a good movie. if people found out mozart had a sexual relationship with his wife's adopted daughter[if it happened] people would be appalled but still listen to his music because it's beautiful. He made a good movie, so who cares. a lot of movies have actors who became/were criminals but gave good performances, you dont stop watching them, maybe you will but the performance is still admired, just forget about the name because the content is admired, besides...theres more than just a director
No. A movie is not a book. You could say; however, that he adapted the book very well into movie form. Keeping the lines verbatim only keeps the integrity of the original author and director. Just because the lines were already made doesn't mean they had the right cast (yet) or had ideas of where they were to shoot or how to shoot the film.
@@not_a_ninja333 not only is a better director, not only are his movies much much better, he also writes his own scripts (wich Scorsese doesn't) and acts (wich Scorsese doesn't). But is my opinion, don't really like Scorsese's style, and love Allen's.
The reason it feels like it really happened is because it is based on events that actually happened, and the director Scorsese was working with the real ex-gangster Henry Hill on the set to make sure things looked and occured like they did in real life. Of course, how "true" the events are depends on Henry Hill's credibility, and as the movie shows, he is not a very reliable guy.
Wow, the more I think of it the more I understand that Woody Allen and Goodfellas really has alot in common. I remember seing Goodfellas when I was a boy and the main character for some reason really touched me. It was stuck in my mind for a long time. I think it was because I really felt bad for the dude while at the same time he seemed like a really good guy even though he did all the bad things he did, It never knew quite what to belive of him. And Woody Allen touched alot of boys,,,
Woody playing Henry hill...'I was introduced to Jimmy's crew....they were like the cast from a Fellini movie'.
i would pay to see that
@@goPistons06 A movie like that would just be bananas!
He would still be arguing in the car when the fire trucks arrived when they burned down the restaurant. "So if I sleep with her friend, she'll want to sleep with you to not be outdone. Is her friend attractive?" The police would tap on the window, "There's a fire here. How long you been sitting here? Why didn't you call the fire company?" "I thought they were doing some minor renovations. Get that smoke filled cabaret feel. I guess it got out of hand. Alright we'll leave now."
"I dont mind getting wacked, I just dont want to be there when it happens."
Well- Woody did play a Criminal in one of his early Movie- The so called "Funny ONe.s" - "TAke the Money and Run.: I was very, very young when I saw the Movie with my father and brother. I couldn't stop laughing. I laughed throughout the whole MOvie. That was the first time I saw a Woody Allen MOvie. My favority Woody Allen MOvie is Broadway DAnny Rose. I liked Broadway Danny Rose because it wasn't about upper class Wealth Manhatanites, but about poor Struggling working class and poor People. I guess "TAke the Money and Run" was also not about upper class and WEalthy Manhattanites.
Goody Allen on WOODFELLAS
woody allen ON dylan farrow
@@forgive7449 Gullible type?
outlaw pete "Woody Harrelson on AllenFellas". someone already do that one...?
Goody pls
awesome!
That's absolutely right, I'd never really taken a mindful step back to notice just how immersive Goodfellas is.
Scorcese has that unusual knack of putting you in a scene while also making you aware of the craft of directing: the long take at the Copacobana, the music video editing of the cocaine scene, the voiceover and closeup of the garlic being sliced in prison...
It’s an incredible film. My dad’s cousins hung around the real Jimmy Burke. Very intimidating and scary man. The film captures him well but apparently he was much worse according to Henry Hill…
Wow. Woody Allen on Goodfellas. You don't see that everyday.
Woody is right and he is okay in my book.
B Kavanaugh he’s a creepy little fuck
@@guy5529 Guesses ain't Evidence.
I love Woody’s voice. I can listen to him talk all day.
Scorsese has made some amazing films, like "Raging Bull" and "Taxi Driver" which are two of the best American films of all time. "Goodfellas", however, was my favorite American film for the precise reasons that Woody outlined. It's like for the first time, you are seeing what it REALLY is to live that life.
the regular lives and professional lives of these people. It's like a window into their world.
I don't want to ever take anything away from Scorsese. But, Nicholas Pileggi also brought an unbelievably excellent "Goodfellas" script to that table.
Casino, The Departed, Wolf of Wall Street
After Hours and King of Comedy are right up there with Taxi Driver and Raging Bull for me.
*Yeah! The fact that he r@ped his daughter at 7 years of age kind of takes the shine off anything this deviant bastard has to say about anything.*
It is really inspiring to see a Director of Woody Allen's calibre give kudos to a movie in a completely different genre to the one he typically makes. That said there are similarities - Woody makes films based around families and close friends - which essentially is what "Goodfellas" is about - except that the "family and close friends" are a lot more colorful than the characters that Woody tends to explore / portray - gangsters instead of average New Yorkers. But he's right, it's a great film :)
Yes, Woody Allen's Bullets over Broadway (1994) movie reminds me of Goodfellas.
when he's not molesting his daughter
Woody Allen never shows regular New Yorkers. He shows rich New Yorkers.
@@chevexx1111 Not exactly true.
Woody Allen made a film called Radio Days, which was released a year or two before Goodfellas. It really reminds of Goodfellas - not in its subject matter but in the way it’s told. You have a narrator excitedly talking you through several intertwining stories about people in a New York neighbourhood.
one of his best!
Love Goodfellas, love Radio Days 😊
Woody Allen, along with Scorcese, Kubrick, Orson Wells, and Coppola, is considered one of the best American film directors.
Water is wet etc
@@jonnyquest7099 It bears repeating to people with miserable taste and information levels who get off on crap like 7L and Esoteric.
@deanronson6331 Get real lad, you don't have a clue who 7L and Esoteric are. You clicked on my profile and tried to glean some information about me to make your retort seem personal, fucking loser go listen to the Beatles or something you fucking sheep cunt
For me its Billy Wilder
@@mirkomustapic3883 Pa ne mozemo bas sve da nabrojimo, Mirkic.
I normally don't like Mafia movies. I grew up in Queens not all that far from the neighborhoods in Goodfellas and these movies creep me out a bit. Yet every time I flip through the channels and stop on Goodfellas I tell myself I'll just watch for a few minutes. And sure enough EVERY damn time I end up watching it through to the end.
because it shows the reality. horrible people
You don't take a break to get your shine box?
@@skipads5141 Lol. I watched the whole thing last night because my wife had never seen it. It didn't go so well for Billy Batts. Or for Morrie.
The most terrifying comedy ever made.
"The direc-tah."My impression of Woody Allen,thank you very much.
I just want to know what Woody Allen thinks about everything
facts
Just don't ask what he thinks about little girls
@@LucasSampaioMaia Little girls?
8 year olds, Dude…
rip epstein
He's right, such a great, great film. First time I saw it, I was just, what's the word? Spellbound. Couldn't move. Barely even blinked! Just totally, completely, in "that world" that Scorsese created.
I just watched it again this evening. Amazing how this film just draws you in. So well constructed (dramatically). One scene after another, just pulling you in to the story. Astonishing.
...an ugly film of an ugly world !
one of the best. i put it second to godfather 2. it should have won the Oscar or at the very least the best director.
@@michaelcelani8325 An ugly world beautifully and masterfully recreated.
Two of the greats! Both New York guys!
I'm always amazed how they can tell so much of a story in two hours. I look back and think the movie lasted 6 hours!
Artistic time
Editing. By the great Thelma Schoonmaker.
I like that, but nowadays the directors need more than two hours to tell a simple story. I mean, I support when you need more time only if you had a long script that requires it and if you have a easy script you can make a short movie.
Goodfellas is the perfect movie imo. It flows so well and you never get a chance to lose interest, its just so insanely well done. 99.8/100 lol
one master praising another
@Daniel Treadwell So where's the other victims? How is it Woody Allen has one single victim whose details fluctuate routinely and goes around shaming and bullying celebrities for working with him rather than going to Connecticut and filing a civil suit against him, which she's legally able to do for another decade, when Harvey Weinstein and Bill Cosby had multiple accusations against them in the wake of #MeToo? You've been duped by the Farrows playing on your mistaken beliefs of "morality".
@@AngelofMusic04 The answer is that Woody is completely innocent. Mia is bat shit crazy.
@@elmoblatch9787 Woody saved Farrow's career by putting her in in so many of his films. A few are regarded as classics. She repaid him with animal spite.
Woody may have his quirks, but he's not a pedophile. Mia Farrow is evil.
Great artists are able to recognize great pieces of art.
And underage ppl too
this one of my FAVORITE PEOPLE EVER WOODY ALLEN a Brother from another mother I LOVE HE'S WORK
Goodfellas is somehow both sprawling and epic and melodramatic yet very intimate, funny, and personal at the same time. It never fails
"What do you expect me to do, shoot him?" "Well, it wouldn't be a bad idea..."
I'm gonna wind up a lammist, I gotta go on the fuckin' lam in order to get away from this guy? This ain't right, Paulie.
"This cocksucker's an arch criminal"
Both contributed a short film to New York Stories in 1989; Oedipus Wrecks & Life Lessons.
take a shot every time he says director
Strings of Peace Yes four times, in just over a minute
Strings of Peace Im guessing you voted for our new president
Strings of Peace Then keep your EU leaving paws off my countrys affairs
Strings of Peace No, just those of the fellow countrymen and those left in the EU whom facepalm Nigel Farrage
Tex Truman rofl
Woody Allen right on ! H e is so right about how the film makes you feel you are right there with the characters. It’s an amazing film which I have viewed 20+ times.
God, I love Woody. If I remember correctly he put Goodfellas among his "greatest 10 american movies ever made". Not bad! I wouldn't expect that. Anyway, now that I'm watching him actually talking about the movie, I have this stupid smile on my face cause I cannot stop imagine Woody('s neurotic character) in Goodfellas, doing stuff with Henry, Jimmy and Tommy. Like, ruining every plan, or being afraid of working at night lol
Do you remember when SCTV had 'Woody Allen' in "Taxi Driver"?
@@philiphatfield5666 wow didn't remember that! Thanks! Anyway, yeah, lol that's the idea
One of the greatest film Director/Writers in history talking about one of the greatest films ever made.
Woody Allens "Annie Hall'' was a masterpiece too. One of the best movies in history of films hands down.
@@c.d.cabascangosanchez3687 That's a goddamned lie, and you're a goddamned liar for saying it. Google it and find out the truth, or continue being an ignorant, stupid, asshole about it.
"Sometimes the sky is blue enough for the both of us." - Terw
Yes, but Woody how could you sit through a movie that used music recorded after 1940?
"Yes, but Woody how could you sit through a movie that used music recorded after 1940?"
Maybe he turned the sound off!
Interestingly, much of 'Goodfellas' is simply made up. Tommy didn't even exist and most of the events didn't happen. Henry Hill, of course, is Jewish, though they try to make out that he is half Irish and half Italian. What a joke.
@@nossasenhoradoo871 yeah yeah now go home and get your fuckin shinebox
@@nossasenhoradoo871 He was half Irish, half Italian. He converted to Judaism on marrying Karen.
LOVE the Wood Man!
Funny thing is Woody could give a shit what anyone thinks including Mia.
This interview was beautifully wrought
As you can see a good movie is appreciated by anyone. Woody Allen on Good Fellas...
I love how people bash Woody Allen as if he's talking bad about the movie, even though he says at the end, "it was a great film."
He also said it right at the beginning. ;)
Woody Allen has himself to blame for his numerous critics. I think otherwise he would be many times more popular.
Some people who watch his films can't get past his behavior. However he is a very good filmmaker, and the dialog in the majority of his films is great.
Same thing with Polanski, a great filmmaker and a major scumbag.
For me personally I have struggled with other performers who make it difficult to respect their art, such as Pink Floyd's Rodger Waters, even though I love most of their music.
So support Woody Allen if you want or not, but don't blame the commenters, that just shows a lack of empathy for people who have been negatively affected by him.
@@rorylapidus5772 They are small minded. Woody is great! Period.
@@waynej2608 ok well I strongly disagree he is great period. I think there is some responsibility to live within the rules of society, if you don't then you suffer from it. Period.
It could be suffering from being sent to prision, or in Woodys case suffering due to public shame. That's his own fault. And it affects the way some people view his films. For example his film are funny, but when they think of him, it's hard to laugh for some people.
On the topic of small minded you might want to realize that there is intense hate toward Woody, for his actions. I'm not sure if your in the United States but if you are, we have the freedom to like or dislike whom ever we wish for a good reason or for no reason at all. If you can't see that woody has caused this himself then your mentality blind.
There are a many celebrities who have hurt their own careers, woody and Polanski are just two. Sometimes people are forgiven and sometimes not.
Reguardless of your passion for woody, he is more devicive then even Donald Trump, and that is a difficult task to accomplish for anyone.
It's 100% a legitimate gripe by people who have issues with him, and to them, (obviously not you), he is scum. So your, he is great period is really meaningless to anyone but his fans.
I don't take that stance, but I have empathy for people who do and I certainly see why people have issues with him.
It's not small minded people but open minded people who are thoughtful and consider all sides before talking for our society as you seem to do.
One of the greatest directors of all time talking about one of the greatest films of all time
One of the greatest idiots if all time talking about things s/he has no clue about. LOL
😈
Shame about the child molestation though...
I agree. The immersive quality of Goodfellas is totally enhanced by the narration. You feel like Henry Hill is sitting right next to you talking about what you're both seeing, while sharing a bucket of nicely buttered (with REAL butter) popcorn.
I drove a cab for the Mob in Queens, it went well for the most part. If every business ran things the way those guys did you wouldn't need any government assistance
..Now, tell us about the other part, that's not included in the "went well for the most part". Oh yeah, you can't, you might get wacked.
Scorsese won a much belated Oscar for "The Departed".
Which he should've won for Raging Bull. Sorry, Redford, Ordinary People was fine work, but...
they are both influential of Federico Fellini and in my mind that is all that really matters, Scorsese's father was friends with him, and brought his films here, Woody Allen adapted 8 1/2 into Stardust Memories ....Its all good baby
Maui...well any influence is completely lost. Fellinis 8.5 will be watched 100 years from now --- when both Scorsese's and Allen will be forgotten. They are Both making commercial films for Money...that is their motivation. Fellinis had a much larger motivation ...and therefore a bigger vision. When we see these films today (2020) 8 1/2 is just in another universe.
.....To make a great and lasting film the Filmaker Must master the use of Silence in the film. ..silence as an aspect of the film gives the breathing space for realism.
See any B/W film by Antonioni for reference.
@@michaelcelani8325 People will be watching Annie Hall, Manhattan et al in a hundred years from now.
After watching this I've decided to devote the rest of my life to cataloging and illustrating all the different species of pistachio nuts.
Allen and Scorsese are obviously two of the greatest American filmmakers in my lifetime (I was born 1970s). The judgments you make about the kind of person you presume them to be, have nothing to do with the art they create. It's a separate issue. Not many people, now, think Caravaggio was a poor painter because he murdered someone 500 years ago.
Love and Death very funny like LOL funny but it's comedy based on Tolstoy Dostoyevsky T.S.Elliot and Kant. Diane Keaton is truly beautiful and at her funniest also. Music by Serge Prokofieve.
It's true that some moments in Good Fellas make you forget you're watching a movie. Especially that famous "funny like what..." moment.
Huge compliment considering that Woody is not a big fan of American cinema other than Citizen Kane.
That it is Woody, that it is. Right up there with Lonesome Dove.
Goodfellas one of only a few movies that when it’s on tv wether it’s the first minute or the last 20 mins you are watching it until the end ❤️
I'd be curious about his take on "Enter The Dragon". Wonder if he even saw it haha.
Good review. Now go get your shine box.
Master talking about master🙏🙏👏
I agree as much as I like the Departed, Infernal Affairs is a GREAT movie. My buddy who is a film buff told me to watch that after we had seen the Departed and he was right, it's the much superior film. And I love Scorcese.
At the car dealership, a Pontiac franchise, I was the "Lot Boy', which meant that I had charge of the Inventory of both New and used cars, did minor repairs, and prepped them for sale if ordered to. Car dealerships do NOT make money on new cars. They make money on used cars and the Garage and Body Shop. Often, a car would be missing. I was told to NEVER ask questions. Usually, it was a Firebird with NO options on it other than a 455 cubic inch Engine and an automatic transmission. Get it?
Mia ruined this man's reputation. I feel sorry for him.
Finally, someone that gets it.
@__ Or her creepy opportunistic son. He did a great job in taking Weinstein down, but other than that, there's always been something about Ronan that's rubbed me the wrong way (and the last time that feeling popped up was about a local L.A. film theater owner who was ousted after his abuse of employees went public).
Correct. Woody is completely innocent. Truly.
He's surviving it.
@@AngelofMusic04 He just believes his mother, like his siblings do.
I know he has had a pretty controversial history but he is a great director/writer and has made some really great films
Woody went from being a brilliant slapstick comedy director
to a "relationship" movie director.
Would have been interesting if he had tackled other genres.
@warrcc c And that just may be my fave Allen film.
@warrcc c Match Point was great... a tribute to Hitchcock at his best. And "Crimes and Misdemeanors" was brilliant. Sure, I came of age while Woody was making us laugh with "Sleeper" and "Bananas," but some his post-comedic films are amazing. He just makes a few clunkers, due to his "one-a-year" work schedule.
@@jackm4457 Have you seen :"Scoop," of the fabulous, "Magic in the Moonlight"? Recommended.
@@TheRealDrJoeyWoody's, Sweet and Lowdown, was a nice departure, too. It puzzles me that that film isn't better known and/or celebrated. Sean Penn was amazing in it.
@@waynej2608 Agreed. Cafe Society wasn't bad, and Curse of the Jade Scorpion is excellent!
Woody Allen is Legend!!! 😎👍
When it came out was considered shocking and too violent now it's one of the best
I agree! I remember seeing it for the first time when I was 9 and feeling that exact same way, and still do when I watch it. It really blew me away like nothing I'd ever seen before it. "Now go home and get your fuckin' shine box!" Classic!
My immediate memory of Goodfellas is my mom waking me early so that i could watch the opening scene, i was 16 i think..... blew my mind!! I still think Casino is better tho.
Broadway Danny rose was the closest Woody got to directing a mafia movie !!!
Ever seen the terrific "Crimes and Misdemeanors" with Martin Landau? And, it not Mafia, but "Match Point" set in the UK, is a really great thriller.
Bullets Over Broadway is great too, with Chazz Palminteri playing a mobster with an unexpected talent for theater production.
Woody nailed it no mobster film before Goodfellas put you in the drivers seat i think that's what it became a instant classic.
The dialog in Goodfellas seems so realistic it's almost shocking.
Woody would make a great mob boss. Scene: Woody muscling in on a business to provide protection for a cut of the action.
"So might I just p pontificate and in interject a ca concept at this juncture".
Ha-ha-ha!
I'm a woman, and I LOVED Goodfellas. The violence was one of the best parts.
Women love when violence is inflicted. On someone else.
You must be a psychopath.
It sucked to see Goodfellas lose to Dances with Wolves at the oscars. No disrespect to Dances with Wolves, but Goodfellas was clearly the better movie.
I agree but the bigger crime was Raging Bull losing to Ordinary People and Redford winning best director.
WOODY ALLEN'S COMMENTING SCORSESE'S GOODFELLAS?!! *fangirl mode=on
These 2 with Polanski are the best
I have only one criteria for what a great movie is. After watching it will I want to watch it again...That's it. I could care less about the Academy awards. I have seen Casablanca about 20 times...Jaws 25 times. Goodfellas 20 times. Wizard Of Oz too many times. It's a Wonderful Life, The Maltese Falcon, The Godfather, Psycho, Saving Private Ryan, and so on....Screw the Academy. Goodfellas never gets tiring. Best scene is De Niro at the bar silently figuring out he has to kill everyone.
I was very unimpressed by Private Ryan the second time.
Of course he is, no one can compete with him. Well, maybe Kubrick, since he's one of my favorites too.
Woody Allen also directed one of the great "gangster" films too: Bullets Over Broadway. It's hilarious, and Chazz Palminteri's character seems straight out of a Scorsese picture.
The weird thing is that he's endlessly praised P.T. Anderson's films in interviews.
I guess he'd be cool with Scorsese. Probably not the rock music - "why couldn't you use any Dixieland jazz?" "because it's the 1960s, you dork." - but the style is delectable.
A terrific ensemble cast; the film moves seamlessly. Great soundtrack, too
now just imagine if woody allen had directed goodfellas
Think if Scorsese directed Woody in an animated mime adaption of Mean Girls.
I love Woody, but it would've sucked.
Every one of the mobsters in the vid falls in love with girls with NY in the background. The end.
In my opinion Kubrick was the best filmmaker to walk to face of the earth. You can't compare him to anyone.
Well, you can, because as you say, that's just your opinion.
That guy Woody, he could make your shoes shine like fuckin' mirrors!
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What do you consider a flop? Are you talking box office flop? In that case Scorsese has 3, and at least 2 of those box office flops were amazing films. Even Raging Bull was received negatively when it first came out. Doing poorly at the box office doesn't mean a film is not a a great film. And ratios? Woody Allen has made over 40 films, at least one a year, and at most they've received mixed reviews. Woody Allen has never made a bad film, just better or worse ones.
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He's right, one of the films biggest strengths is its realism.
RAGING BULL is Marty's greatest film and is one of the greatest films ever made -
I have never seen New York City, but the first few minutes of "Manhattan" will suffice, thanks to Woody Allen.
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Love the way he says the letter T...
If you close your eyes, its almost like hearing marty talking.
I see Scorsese at work now that you've told me it is there, we have a seat at the table which invest us into the set up for the action. Diner, Italian Restaurant, social club, Kitchen table, Copacabana club all revolving around tables.
Yeah, sorry, somehow I completely forgot about that. But still, that was in 2007, a long time after Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Taxi Driver or Casino.
That's an amazing scene.
0:55 0:45
Amusing
Martin Scorsese's films have won 20 Academy Awards and Woody Allen's films have won 11, overall. It's hardly 100 v 4 like you clearly exaggerated. Personally, Scorsese's won 2 best pictures, 1 adapted screenplay, and 1 best director. Allen's won 1 best picture, 3 original screenplays and 1 best director. You can keep your misinformed opinion, but Scorsese is a fan of and respects Allen's work. He considers WA a peer. Just stop watching his films, Scorsese would be ashamed to know you're a fan
Didn't Kubrick win one for the special effects of 2001? He had sole credit on that one, did he not? And Scorsese won one for The Departed.
Woody Allen would know.
I like Woody Allen
I used to think Martin Scorsese and Woody Allen were brothers 😂😂😂
I worked for an auto dealership owned by the Mob. They were great guys, for the most part. But when things went wrong, boy did they go wrong. I'm glad that my experience with them was a short one. No, the money is NOT worth it.....
If people found out that Scorsese slept with his wife's adopted daughter people would still go to see his movies.
+ahyaok100 who the fuck cares? a good movie is a good movie. if people found out mozart had a sexual relationship with his wife's adopted daughter[if it happened] people would be appalled but still listen to his music because it's beautiful.
He made a good movie, so who cares. a lot of movies have actors who became/were criminals but gave good performances, you dont stop watching them, maybe you will but the performance is still admired, just forget about the name because the content is admired, besides...theres more than just a director
ahyaok100 Good point. How is Soon Yi these days? Is she still the lovely broad life made her to be?
Mia Farrow was not Woody Allen's wife.
@@jazzfan7491 They never spent one night together under the same roof.
yes
No. A movie is not a book. You could say; however, that he adapted the book very well into movie form. Keeping the lines verbatim only keeps the integrity of the original author and director. Just because the lines were already made doesn't mean they had the right cast (yet) or had ideas of where they were to shoot or how to shoot the film.
The narration in Goodfellows is very similiar in style to Allen's films years earlier.
How could anyone disagree??
My mother always said Mia was kooky.
@@davidyatesmckay Brother, you said it. I feel like I just discovered intelligent life on the internet.
@@TheRealDrJoey Ditto! Although, I somehow believe Mia to be much worse than Jolie. Mia is batshit!
No offense, just my opinion: Woody Allen is on a whole other level than Scorsese.
Okay. But no.
@@not_a_ninja333 not only is a better director, not only are his movies much much better, he also writes his own scripts (wich Scorsese doesn't) and acts (wich Scorsese doesn't). But is my opinion, don't really like Scorsese's style, and love Allen's.
Yeah...10 levels below him...
@@bluegtturbo nah
The reason it feels like it really happened is because it is based on events that actually happened, and the director Scorsese was working with the real ex-gangster Henry Hill on the set to make sure things looked and occured like they did in real life. Of course, how "true" the events are depends on Henry Hill's credibility, and as the movie shows, he is not a very reliable guy.
No such thing as an "ex-gangster".
Wow, the more I think of it the more I understand that Woody Allen and Goodfellas really has alot in common. I remember seing Goodfellas when I was a boy and the main character for some reason really touched me. It was stuck in my mind for a long time. I think it was because I really felt bad for the dude while at the same time he seemed like a really good guy even though he did all the bad things he did, It never knew quite what to belive of him. And Woody Allen touched alot of boys,,,
I think you mean to say that Everyone is entitled to your opinion.