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18/100Critics
53/100Scholars
Author:
Glenn Kenny
Publisher:
Hanover Square Press
Date:
September 15, 2020
Celebrating 30 years since the premiere of Martin Scorsese's signature film, this chronicle of the making and afterlife of the film that introduced America to the real modern gangster features interviews with the film's major players and scene-by-scene analysis that seeks to understand the film's magic.
What The Reviewers Say
... reductions have led to the film’s mischaracterization, in certain circles, as a 'bro' movie—a masturbatory ode to guy’s behaving badly. Thankfully, critic Glenn Kenny’s extraordinary Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas offers a great deal more nuance than that on the film’s 30th anniversary.
Glenn Kenny does not so much reflect on the film as re-create it with a shot-by-shot breakdown of granular specificity. Proceeding one scene at a time, he alternates between descriptions of on-camera action with copious behind-the-scenes details about the principal players.
This is film writing with enthusiasm and purpose.
... a thorough and highly entertaining look at the creation and legacy of what many consider one of the best mob movies of all time.
