GoodFellas

Being powerful is so much more appealing than living life the morally correct way especially in Hill’s world where struggle is a part of life. As his dad lays into him I see it in his eyes, his eyes are saying “I will prove you all wrong.” But at some point it gets too much, the psychos Hill associates with are shown to be in love with violence and the murders that come of it are framed in this red, dangerous looking light. The juxtaposition of this clear moral failing with the meal at grandma’s after is so gross it emphasizes the brutality of the murder even more. Scorsese in his absolute prime with a gritty portrayal of the Italian-American mafia in a thought provoking way. Absolute cinema.