It's all of it. The look in his eye tells you EXACTLY what he is thinking. Great acting. The music is the cherry on the cake. The whole movie is timeless.
I honestly can't think of a movie that entertained me more from start to finish than Goodfellas!!The usecof it's soundtrack went a Very long way to accomplish this!!👍👊
I wonder IRL if Jimmy Burke had to ask Big Paulie for permission for everyone he whacked back then. He himself was like a caporegime when running the crew that did the Lufthansa heist but Big Paul Vario was the real Caporegime of that Lucchese crew.
@@jnnxIve had the classic rock station playing like 24/7 as background noise for a year and still love alot of the songs so I don't think that's possible 😅
That look he gives while smoking the cigarette is the moment that the movie acknowledged that Jimmy was in fact that most dangerous character in the movie
I mean way earlier in the movie Henry talks about Jimmy being such a good hitman because killing meant nothing to him. He had been a hitman since he was like 17. A stone cold killer that doesnt show anger is way scarier than someone like Tommy who you can tell takes it personally. You never see it coming from a guy that doesnt show emotion over it.
@@carlwinslo yes henry does talk about it but this is the first time that the movie SHOWS it. Its one thing to have a character tell you something about another character but its another thing to have that character show you through their actions on screen. That's why this moment hits so different than Henry just telling us because we are seeing it with our own eyes
@@coreyhall1150Yeah, after he killed Spider, and Jimmy called him a stupid bastard, and let him have it. Tommy just took it and said he'd dig the grave.
@@mr.intensity2685 The real Jimmy Burke killed more ppl than Tommy ever thought about. He was more respected than most made guys. And he was every bit AS ROUGH as Tommy physically. He knew Jimmy was the boss...... Also Jimmy kinda sorta raised Tommy.
F**k Yeah!!! Casino is my All time Favorite & it's SCARY Accurate as far as the true story goes I researched it for decades. I 💖 Scorsese & THE magic he makes with Deniro & Pesci is omg it's just AMAZING✨️& YES Scorsese IS the 🐐 GOAT.
@@CameronBrtnik Goodfellas was like a lit fuse to a stick of dynamite. The Irishman was like a firecracker. It lacked the visceral violence and pacing of Scorseses' earlier work.
This film is a masterpiece. Not to mention that INCREDIBLE long steadicam shot with Bracco & Liotta going in the Copacabana with The Crystals “Then he kissed me”…FUCKING BRILLIANT
Honestly I have dreams about walking into a club with a girl through the back of the restaurant tipping everyone I walk past with that song playing FUCKING MASTERFUL
One of the biggest things missing from modern films is the good use of music not just having pop music but actually using the music for a purpose . Music can be used so many ways to fit the tone contrapuntally (opposite of tone) to convey character emotion or thoughts to bring character together to open a movie to end a movie to show love to show hate endless possibilities
You have to know the right music even exists for the scene. So, you need writers and directors that have a huge amount of music at their disposal to even know to connect those dots. I think you see less and less of that as time goes
@@joshpointohdon’t worry soon as the millennial directors grow older your gonna see the best alternative rock music fit the best move scenes if we get the politically correct bs out the theatres Imagine a scene where rooster from Alice In Chains is playing and it fits 😮😮😮😮😮
I realized one of the reasons I love Goodfellas so much, is because it plays a kick ass soundtrack FOR THE FIRST HOUR AND A HALF!! Seriously, check it out. The music doesn’t stop until 90 minutes in when shit starts going bad for the crew.
@@olgierdolo5510Both completely different directors but if we gonna compare them Tarantino’s written dialogue is just perfection in every scene. But Scorsese knows better than almost anyone how to cast, direct and shoot a gangster film…
@@DonFelixGallardo Yea, but all things considered, Scorsese is miles ahead of Tarantino for me, just much better as a creator. Tarantino's over the top, caricatural style & exhausting dialogues make it hard to get through his films, insanely overhyped.
@@olgierdolo5510 at least Quentin’s films are different. One could argue that Scorsese has made the same film over and over again for decades. Anyway I’m not gonna have a fan boy war over this, both men are already wealthy legends and could give a fuck what either of us think, so…
@@DonFelixGallardo yeah no, taxi driver isn't a mob movie, 🐺 of Wall Street, aviator, 🤪 island, kundun, the last temptation of Christ, that movie where the guy drives an ambulance. After hours, Actually Scorsese has only directed 5 movies that is related to the mob genre and also that dosent automatically make them all the same type of movies simply because they belong to a particular genre.
De Niro doesn't attempt to give his character any redeeming features in Goodfellas, same with Pesci too, both terrifying in how mundane killing is to them
Along those same lines,,, in taxi driver when he first meets the pimp who thinks Deniro is a cop,,, and Deniro looks back at him and says "I'm hip".... The pimp has no idea what he's up against😂
@@JaxRiley Quentin actually writes his movies like this. He sits in his music listening room puts on a vynil and lets the music inspire him. For exemple Kill Bill was entirely inspired from Bang Bang by Nancy Sinatra
Yea def and I was seeing if anyone mentioned Paul Sorvino. I gentle giant. Tell me w/out telling me the scene when he had to walk back and forth to tell each what the other had said.. Mafiosa at its best lol.
One of the most iconic scenes of all time I was shook the first time I saw it. It’s so simple on paper yet Deniro’s face says so much in the context of the movie.
The soundtrack for that movie was flawless. Goodfellas soundtrack was underrated and the biggest driver of that movie. He picked the right songs at the right moments. They were all really good songs from all different era's of music.
The way De Niro subtly moves his eyes in sync with the guitar is bloody brilliant. He conveyed so much emotion with just a glare and a few subtle eye movements.
@@Brad5161he did move his eye, it was also his choice to put that song in that scene, so while MS was the one that technically synched it up, it was De Niros idea
@karebushmarebu233 So Deniro moved his eye to a song that was added in post? He synced his eye movement to a song that added later? Okay. The interwebs wins again. 😄
@@jamesmcclaren9759 lol honestly maybe so. Like if it was blasting on the radio as he was driving to the hospital. Might give an extra creepy factor 😂
Scorsese’s music choices are always spot on for movie scenes. He’s such a visual and audio storyteller. The music and Jimmy’s face of both being annoyed and paranoid just fit the audio of Cream’s “Sunshine of your Love”.
The look in De Niro’s eyes in that moment is maybe some of the best acting ever. You see him working it out and getting angrier but he doesn’t put out there, he pretends he is still shootin’ the sh-t at the bar, it’s all interior and then he shifts and decides “f-k it! I ain’t sharin’” … spellbinding.
I think Scorsese and Tarantino’s selections of music for their films add to almost every scene. The piano when everyone gets whacked after is brilliant too.
this is how music should be used in movie. to connect the emotion of the song to the emotion of a scene. to often songs are picked just because the lyrics fit the scene
I love this breakdown of a film. It gives you a better understanding of why and how it was filmed. And this results in a much greater appreciation of the film.
yes classic rock mainly and some good Italian crooners as well. if it got remade today none of the actors would be Italian and replaced by wannabe rappers with a rap/R&B soundtrack. it would be awful.
Yup. And you know they know exactly who Cream was! The influence and connection of music from one style, one time period, even from one culture to another is crazy!
@@DoctorRevers - I should say influences and connections. Rza is a certifiable musical genius, if he knows who Jimmy Spicer and Issac Hayes was, I'm sure that he knew about Cream. Cream was a slang from the hood about money. They made it an acronym and had to put dots in there but if you google "Cream" today, the Wu comes up and then Cream. Just like people that would look up White Room and then end up finding out about Jefferson Airplane. 😄 Different songs, different genres, from different time period that can still connect and influence a whole new generation of listeners.
@@soonerborn7603 Ay man, it's cool! At least you're original lol! You stick to your opinion and don't let anyone change your mind! 👍🏻 Like I said, Donnie Brasco is a brilliant film. No doubt. I GOT BRUISES ON MY KNUCKLES! FUHGEDABOW'IT
@@amjh4lah809 ‘stick to your opinion and don’t let anyone change your mind’ lol probably the worst bit of advice ever given. But I get the sentiment behind it
@@Bafome-NullNo mention in the film about vaccines, that's why your comment is pure non sequitur bullshit. About your bs look up "excess deaths" or risk benefit analysis on mrna cov vaccine compared to any other medication. I am vaccinated. Fun fact, countries with low vaccine rate are the same with no excess deaths.
@@Bafome-Null im glad he is.. We don't need the government telling us what to put into our bodies. Happily unvaxxed with a strong immune system. Covid was a scare tactic nothing more.
Scorsese has always been a gifted and brilliant filmmaker. If you watch many of his films, music is a key ingredient to having a great film. Even a period piece like Gangs of New York included some of the popular standards of that time. The bar scene where that Irish dude is singing “New York Girls (My Dear Annie)” was just brilliantly selected and placed. It was just the product of great research and making sure that they would include a song like that in the movie. The fact that it was sung live on sat also adds polish to the brilliance of the song
The tone of the music fits Jimmy's state of mind and how a thought suddenly occurred to him on how he could liberate himself from a burden and it made him grin, a perverse grin: because he had murder on his mind. In other words, Jimmy got off on murder and its use to get whatever he wanted. It's the classic use of violence and sensuality together, which so many mobsters and criminals mix together to feel satisfaction. It's Thanatos (death) and Eros (love) together, called the death drive in psychology. The song by Cream, "Sunshine of Our Love," is actually about a man excited at the prospect of sex with a woman, so Jimmy was feeling arousal when it occurred to him to just have the guy murdered because he would accomplish two things: free himself from a debt and gaining perverse satisfaction from the violence exacted on Morrie. I sincerely believe that's why Scorsese used it. He understood that song and the character of Jimmy.
Blood lust is indeed a well established, sadistic condition in psychopathy, and not entirely unlike it’s hormonally lustful counterpart in its satisfying thrills.
I read somewhere that it's less economically viable today to get top tier actors and production as costs in the industry have sky rocketed since this era of cinema. Also, with the rise of streaming services and piracy the more expensive cinema experience is less appealing to consumers. Couple that with the fact that vhs/dvd sales revenue is a thing of the past it means making movies to the calibre they used to isn't a frequent occurrence. This movie in particular though had a blend of some of the best actors of the past century with one of the best directors and an authentic story line. It's always going to be difficult to top.
@@cerberus1321 interesting I think it also comes down to this new generation having bad taste and not appreciating what makes great cinematography, they would rather watch action or super hero movies, that’s what pulls in the numbers.. sad times 😓
They did with “Joker”. The scene when he’s leaving the subway and all the cops are running inside, and he just slowly lifts the cig to his mouth with that smooth walk he has. It was a trailer shot and I loved it so much.
Wha? That movie is boring as hell. Damn near everyone involved in it are decades past their prime. And treating a 70+ year old De Niro like he's a young man was just silly and entirely unbelievable. I mean, to each his own but I thought that film sucked.
Just puttin my two cents in…Scorsese never topped Goodfellas. Best gangster film he ever made. And he makes the best. Not knock Godfather but you know, Godfather is whole ‘nother chestnut
@@hlf_coder6272 such a werid movie for a 70 year old guy to be called "kid" and doing errands for the mob. why is it so hard to get a decent tough young actor.. well actually now that i think about it..
Martin Scorsese was and is a visionary. No one can compare. This short video is just one example of how great he is. To actually visualize a scene and the perfect music to go with it as it’s being typed out is a gift from above.
That’s such a stroke of genius. Just Scorsese seeing that scene in his head, not even filmed, and it just clicks with him that Sunshine of Your Love is the perfect track to play over it. And it was!
It's not only the movie... the soundtracks to Scorsese's flicks are absolutely awesome! The scene in the Copa with The Crystals playing in the background, Casino's with Gimme Shelter... everything's fantastic. I'm currently writing a little period novel about an italian american rising up in the NY mob from 1978 to 2006 and music comes a lot to my mind
Indeed ! Robbie Robertson is so damn good! He and Scorsese work so well together. 🎼 (I think much can be attributed to also being a 'fan' of one another. )
@@JeanlucPicard-kk2jy Problem is, there's a lot of info about the 5 families and not a lot about other places! Apart from being a personal project, I think it's where I can "miss" less info, because I want to insert a fictional crew of the Gambinos in 70's and 80's real world NY. Which itself it's not easy (turf, businesses, family history, etc.). I kinda want the audience to feel they know all the guys, without them ever existing! 🤣 I'm just an amateur, so I'm writing this just to myself, couldn't care less if it's noticed hahah But I'll say this. Tue melting pot East Harlem is in the 70's leaves a lot of stories to tell!
That was the year before. And let’s not forget, _Dances With Wolves_ performed better commercially as well as with the major precursor awards. _GoodFellas_ was lucky to come away with just Joe Pesci’s Best Supporting Actor win.
Yo but the fact that this movie became an iconic film. It kind of proves that the Oscars are useless. Just saying. The audience chooses which films are going to be iconic for all times. Evidently like this one.
Scorsese is a hundred steps beyond other directors. As it is being written he has already blocked the movements, worked out the camera angles, the camera movements, the main focus, the FILM SPEED, and the MUSIC; and the kicker is that it is all so perfect that people are studying this scene and the entire film decades after it was released. It will definitely be used as required viewing in good cinematography classes.
@COMEBACK GUY yeah that's why people remember Scorsese's music in movies more than anyone else's. Tarantino's a pretty far second. Nobody else comes anywhere near. That's out of however million movies have been made in history. So, not as easy as you think.
Love the mobster mentality gawd forbid you become a rat but its ok to kill all your friends so you dont have to share the money make sense 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
@@nikks1371 No way. Goodfellas is better than all the Godfather films. I’ve seen thousands and thousands of films, but there’s only one I think is perfect and couldn’t be improved - Goodfellas.
Man, this clip is a reason why Scorsese’s one of the GOAT film directors. Like Jonah Hill said, the ability to make a quick snap decision about something and it works perfectly. What a visionary.
"Your honor, Cream was playing"
"And it was getting near dawn"
The judge can't help but understand
Ok. 6 months probation 6 weeks anger management. Your free to go ...
Case dismissed!
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Cream was the secret ingredient for that scene lol
I thought it was Danish. So did Maury 🧐🤣
The 1st one was nicotine 🤔🤌🏻🚬💭😈...😵🌛
Slices it up thinly
No
Put in cream, write cream, just put it just put it, put in cream!
In that scene you can actually see the "darkness" in his eyes.. it's chilling..
The eyes are the mirror to the soul. A plus for DeNiro. He has no soul 😂
He had some Shark eyes.
the little eyebrow wiggle and tiny momentary smile... excellent acting
Genius
He was already thinking of Trump back then
Honestly, this scene is iconic. I think about it more than I should. I think it's the music.
💯
For me it the cigarette that stands out.
hell yeah it is
A good score or original soundtrack can make a scene iconic.
It's all of it. The look in his eye tells you EXACTLY what he is thinking. Great acting.
The music is the cherry on the cake.
The whole movie is timeless.
Using the piano solo from Layla as the dead bodies were found was also genius.
Two of the best “comedowns” ever, paired together
Yep, Layla always reminds me of that scene.
I can’t hear that song & not think of that Pink Coupe DeVille. ⭐️
Every time I listen to Layla and that piano solo starts, my mind goes to that scene.
@@eyeheartsushi2212 Right?
Di Nero's eyes in tune with the cigarette is what a director would give their left ball to have in their movie.
Facts… Fukin iconic
DeNiro !!!!!!
My Brothers favorite part
I honestly can't think of a movie that entertained me more from start to finish than Goodfellas!!The usecof it's soundtrack went a Very long way to accomplish this!!👍👊
Scarface @@chriskarley384
This scene is everything to the movie. Perfect scene with the perfect song choice. Absolutely NAILED IT
Yup one of my favorite scenes also very terrifying. He is imagining how do I kill him
I wonder IRL if Jimmy Burke had to ask Big Paulie for permission for everyone he whacked back then.
He himself was like a caporegime
when running the crew that did the
Lufthansa heist but Big Paul Vario was the real Caporegime of that Lucchese crew.
The people that think this overdosed on classic rock radio.
@@jnnxIve had the classic rock station playing like 24/7 as background noise for a year and still love alot of the songs so I don't think that's possible 😅
@@nickphaux😂..."White noise"..😂🤔😂😅
That look he gives while smoking the cigarette is the moment that the movie acknowledged that Jimmy was in fact that most dangerous character in the movie
Tbere was a reason Tommy didnt fuck wirh Jimmy in real life. He KNEW BETTER.
I mean way earlier in the movie Henry talks about Jimmy being such a good hitman because killing meant nothing to him. He had been a hitman since he was like 17. A stone cold killer that doesnt show anger is way scarier than someone like Tommy who you can tell takes it personally. You never see it coming from a guy that doesnt show emotion over it.
@@carlwinslo yes henry does talk about it but this is the first time that the movie SHOWS it. Its one thing to have a character tell you something about another character but its another thing to have that character show you through their actions on screen. That's why this moment hits so different than Henry just telling us because we are seeing it with our own eyes
@@coreyhall1150Yeah, after he killed Spider, and Jimmy called him a stupid bastard, and let him have it. Tommy just took it and said he'd dig the grave.
@@mr.intensity2685 The real Jimmy Burke killed more ppl than Tommy ever thought about. He was more respected than most made guys. And he was every bit AS ROUGH as Tommy physically. He knew Jimmy was the boss...... Also Jimmy kinda sorta raised Tommy.
That song, the timing with the subtleties of DeNiro's expression-- it couldn't have been more perfect.
Scene after scene after scene. Film perfection. Scorsese is the Goat.
F**k Yeah!!! Casino is my All time Favorite & it's SCARY Accurate as far as the true story goes I researched it for decades. I 💖 Scorsese & THE magic he makes with Deniro & Pesci is omg it's just AMAZING✨️& YES Scorsese IS the 🐐 GOAT.
how did ya'll like The Irishman? I hear some MS fans love it, I think I gotta give it a second watch..loved Pacino in it
@@CameronBrtnik Goodfellas was like a lit fuse to a stick of dynamite. The Irishman was like a firecracker. It lacked the visceral violence and pacing of Scorseses' earlier work.
@@leslielee143 Sharon Stone is awesome, De niro restrained as Ace.
Also James Woods character is so sleazy, great acting.
@@josephdarkhelmet9494 there was violence in irishman. what ya talkin bout ..? Beatings, murders etc .
Says everything you need to know, without saying a single word. Superb acting!
This film is a masterpiece. Not to mention that INCREDIBLE long steadicam shot with Bracco & Liotta going in the Copacabana with The Crystals “Then he kissed me”…FUCKING BRILLIANT
Honestly I have dreams about walking into a club with a girl through the back of the restaurant tipping everyone I walk past with that song playing FUCKING MASTERFUL
One of my favs too. I felt I was really there… and that is how it’s supposed to be.
Crazy. So true
@@BrockGamu me too brother
One of my fav scenes ever, I've done it without the music. Boss feeling.
This movie is like a rare collection piece you’ve been looking for. It’s perfect
Veramente.complimenti
Wait till the feminist get a hold of it and Barbie it
@@kcried1081in what world would that even be a thought in someone’s head. You’re fighting imaginary battles pal
💖💖💖
It really is.
"Whaddya doin?" "I gotta warm up the car"
😂😂😂 "make that coffee to go" 😂😂😂
GET DUH FAHK OUTAAAAAA HERE!!!!!!!!!
NOICE!
I gotta better chance letting Jim drive
"How could you miss from this distance??"
*The use of cream in this film is phenomenal.*
And let’s not forget the Layla montage freaking Clapton
*Why are you using bold for no reason.*
@@JohnDoe-z2r 111 ppl disagree with you. Didn’t you read my comment? It’s phenomenal.
Like pistol whip?
The entire "Casino" soundtrack in phenomenal. Music placement is on point!
This is one of the greatest movies ever made by far.
And Casino
All the marvel movies, yes.
@@joeywheeler6815You never knocked me down, Ray!
And Scorsese got screwed out of the Oscar for this movie. His Oscar for The Departed was a "make good" by the Academy.
@@J.G.Wentworth69420gtfo😂😂😂
For ME... This singular film moment has STUCK IN MY MIND and resurfaced at random decades later!!! Legendary shot.
Who made you a Redit film critic.,??
One of the biggest things missing from modern films is the good use of music not just having pop music but actually using the music for a purpose . Music can be used so many ways to fit the tone contrapuntally (opposite of tone) to convey character emotion or thoughts to bring character together to open a movie to end a movie to show love to show hate endless possibilities
You have to know the right music even exists for the scene. So, you need writers and directors that have a huge amount of music at their disposal to even know to connect those dots.
I think you see less and less of that as time goes
You mean like ending scene in Willow where they played Money For Nothing? 😂
ummm 🤔 nah, maybe you just don't know who the best is anymore
@@joshpointohdon’t worry soon as the millennial directors grow older your gonna see the best alternative rock music fit the best move scenes if we get the politically correct bs out the theatres
Imagine a scene where rooster from Alice In Chains is playing and it fits 😮😮😮😮😮
I think Warm Bodies made great use of music in scenes. It's all hits (relatively) but they tie-in with the scenes well.
I realized one of the reasons I love Goodfellas so much, is because it plays a kick ass soundtrack FOR THE FIRST HOUR AND A HALF!! Seriously, check it out. The music doesn’t stop until 90 minutes in when shit starts going bad for the crew.
Whaaaauuuuuaaaaaa?? Really?
I've seen this movie more times than i can count and I didn't ever realize that
It's called History and Culture
It does stop sometimes. But yeah, in a lot of scenes music is playing, just not in all.
DUUHHHHHHH
Wow, that John Peretta guy sure is dumb.
"Just put it 🤌" 😂 that captioning killed me!!! Plus De Niro's look 😮😍
It’s one of my favorite scenes from the movie, the evil stare from DeNiro, no dialogue needed, just a deep stare
And the twinkle in his eyes......just 👌
Scorsese was doing Quentin Tarantino before Quentin was doing Tarantino
Tarantino's got nothing on M. Scorsese
@@olgierdolo5510Both completely different directors but if we gonna compare them Tarantino’s written dialogue is just perfection in every scene. But Scorsese knows better than almost anyone how to cast, direct and shoot a gangster film…
@@DonFelixGallardo Yea, but all things considered, Scorsese is miles ahead of Tarantino for me, just much better as a creator. Tarantino's over the top, caricatural style & exhausting dialogues make it hard to get through his films, insanely overhyped.
@@olgierdolo5510 at least Quentin’s films are different. One could argue that Scorsese has made the same film over and over again for decades.
Anyway I’m not gonna have a fan boy war over this, both men are already wealthy legends and could give a fuck what either of us think, so…
@@DonFelixGallardo yeah no, taxi driver isn't a mob movie, 🐺 of Wall Street, aviator, 🤪 island, kundun, the last temptation of Christ, that movie where the guy drives an ambulance. After hours,
Actually Scorsese has only directed 5 movies that is related to the mob genre and also that dosent automatically make them all the same type of movies simply because they belong to a particular genre.
Literally possibly my favorite Deniro scene ever. Except maybe when he first sees Sharon Stone in Casino. What a great fn actor. Great fn director.
RIGHT!?!?
The Casino scene doesn't compare.
He's so bad ass without trying to be,they complement each other.
Cinematic brilliance.
Too bad DeNiro is now a liberal PU-C who complains about Donald Trump all... day... long. Someone call the whambulance.
De Niro doesn't attempt to give his character any redeeming features in Goodfellas, same with Pesci too, both terrifying in how mundane killing is to them
Along those same lines,,, in taxi driver when he first meets the pimp who thinks Deniro is a cop,,, and Deniro looks back at him and says "I'm hip".... The pimp has no idea what he's up against😂
Scorcese's ability to put music into movies perfectly is amazing.
Him and Quentin Tarantino
@@JaxRiley Tarantino learned from the GOAT…& I adore QT.
AGREED...THE KNOWLEDGE OF MUSIC IS EXTENSIVE....ENDLESS🙌🔥❣
@@JaxRiley yep. They're both masters at it.
@@JaxRiley Quentin actually writes his movies like this. He sits in his music listening room puts on a vynil and lets the music inspire him. For exemple Kill Bill was entirely inspired from Bang Bang by Nancy Sinatra
Best of the best. Cream of the crop. This is it. RIP Ray Liotta.
Rest in peace to the legends Ray Liotta and Paul Sorvino 🕊
And macho man Randy Savage
Yea def and I was seeing if anyone mentioned Paul Sorvino. I gentle giant. Tell me w/out telling me the scene when he had to walk back and forth to tell each what the other had said.. Mafiosa at its best lol.
You know you've made it in the entertainment industry when you can casually refer to Robert Deniro as "Bob"
He made Bob millions. He's an earner.
He literally made De Niro's career.
@@ajaxsid9034 I mean you could argue the opposite too
Nah he’s a liberal cry baby… bob is a sad excuse of what gullible people like u think he is
@@ButterBallTheOpossum bro literally choose de Niro and guided him. An actor always owes the director the most.
One of the most iconic scenes of all time I was shook the first time I saw it. It’s so simple on paper yet Deniro’s face says so much in the context of the movie.
So you think kissing ass will help your film career.,??
The soundtrack for that movie was flawless.
Goodfellas soundtrack was underrated and the biggest driver of that movie.
He picked the right songs at the right moments.
They were all really good songs from all different era's of music.
It's not underrated. Everyone knows the soundtrack is great.
This is one of those scenes that’s burned into my mind I’ll never forget it, Martin Scorsese is truly an artist.
Such a perfect song for that scene. The way Jimmys eyes light up when he realizes he’s just gonna clip Maury. Amazing
The way De Niro subtly moves his eyes in sync with the guitar is bloody brilliant. He conveyed so much emotion with just a glare and a few subtle eye movements.
He didn't. That was done afterwards. ijs
@@Brad5161he did move his eye, it was also his choice to put that song in that scene, so while MS was the one that technically synched it up, it was De Niros idea
@karebushmarebu233 So Deniro moved his eye to a song that was added in post?
He synced his eye movement to a song that added later?
Okay. The interwebs wins again.
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@@Brad5161😂😂😂
@@karebushmarebu233 They *LITERALLY* say "He (Scorsese) says 'Put in CREAM'"
De Niro had less than 0 input on putting the song in the film.
In fairness, this song goes great with any scene ever.
I think you have a point
In fairness, nobody thought to do it as great as Scorsese did it.
Blaster dancing in Uncommon Valor.
Challenge excepted:
Head popped scene in, Hereditary.
Still works?
@@jamesmcclaren9759 lol honestly maybe so. Like if it was blasting on the radio as he was driving to the hospital. Might give an extra creepy factor 😂
As soon as the music started I knew exactly what Jimmy was thinking!!!!!
An absolute iconic scene. The music. The vibes. The looks. Iconic
Scorsese’s music choices are always spot on for movie scenes. He’s such a visual and audio storyteller. The music and Jimmy’s face of both being annoyed and paranoid just fit the audio of Cream’s “Sunshine of your Love”.
It was De Niro's idea...
The look in De Niro’s eyes in that moment is maybe some of the best acting ever. You see him working it out and getting angrier but he doesn’t put out there, he pretends he is still shootin’ the sh-t at the bar, it’s all interior and then he shifts and decides “f-k it! I ain’t sharin’” … spellbinding.
His Scorsese impersonation is so perfect 😂
I think Scorsese and Tarantino’s selections of music for their films add to almost every scene. The piano when everyone gets whacked after is brilliant too.
this is how music should be used in movie.
to connect the emotion of the song to the emotion of a scene.
to often songs are picked just because the lyrics fit the scene
I have it been watching Goodfellas a hundred times and I never get tired One of the best movie in my opinion. Best actor and best director too !!!
The way DeNiro used his eyes and subtle facial expressions to communicate what he's gonna do is so good
I love this breakdown of a film. It gives you a better understanding of why and how it was filmed. And this results in a much greater appreciation of the film.
Deniro doesn't look at you, he defines you.
Ok tuff guy
Check him out in bloody mama.. early 70s with Shirley Winters… he did very well for himself. I’m glad for him.
one of my favourite scenes and it’s precisely because of the music. genius
Congrats ass kisser., you’re in the next movie we make,!!!
My favorite directors know the importance and impact music can have on a scene.
Scorsese is an absolute badass for choosing Cream
Ummm did you not listen to the clip? It was De Niro's idea.
@Cadillac CTS Holly shit I didn't notice that, that's even more badass lol
@@kabristanmusic well that'll teach me for not reading subtitles, when I'm not deaf.
@@CadillacDriver subtitles say "he (Scorsese) says" though.
@@ganifraterdogan1062 did you not read my last post? 🤦♂️
The descending guitar riff really makes your stomach sink when combined with DeNiros great acting.
Somehow it makes that scene feel just badass
Iconic scene of De Niro
And then, it was all over.
It was a glorious time, but then it was over. We had it all, but then it was all over.
-Goodfellas movie: 10 second version
Goodfellas had a really good soundtrack.
Yup true.
yes classic rock mainly and some good Italian crooners as well. if it got remade today none of the actors would be Italian and replaced by wannabe rappers with a rap/R&B soundtrack. it would be awful.
@@melchior2678 yup.
And then, five years later, after this movie, the other C.R.E.A.M. song by Wu-Tang comes out
Yup. And you know they know exactly who Cream was! The influence and connection of music from one style, one time period, even from one culture to another is crazy!
thanks
U win
@@shill1444uh no. Not in this case.
@@DoctorRevers - I should say influences and connections.
Rza is a certifiable musical genius, if he knows who Jimmy Spicer and Issac Hayes was, I'm sure that he knew about Cream.
Cream was a slang from the hood about money. They made it an acronym and had to put dots in there but if you google "Cream" today, the Wu comes up and then Cream.
Just like people that would look up White Room and then end up finding out about Jefferson Airplane. 😄
Different songs, different genres, from different time period that can still connect and influence a whole new generation of listeners.
The entire soundtrack to this movie is great.
This scene is so iconic and beautiful
Absolutely iconic. What a film. One of THE greatest of all time.
Donnie Brasco is better…in my opinion.
@soonerborn7603 Hard disagree. I liked Donnie Brasco, a lot. But Goodfellas is on another level.
@@amjh4lah809 I realize I’m in the minority. I just really liked Donnie Brasco a lot! lol
@@soonerborn7603 Ay man, it's cool! At least you're original lol! You stick to your opinion and don't let anyone change your mind! 👍🏻 Like I said, Donnie Brasco is a brilliant film. No doubt. I GOT BRUISES ON MY KNUCKLES! FUHGEDABOW'IT
@@amjh4lah809 ‘stick to your opinion and don’t let anyone change your mind’ lol probably the worst bit of advice ever given. But I get the sentiment behind it
AHHHHH YHE GOOD OLD FUCKING DAYS, BEST TIME EVER TO GROW UP
That’s song absolutely made that scene. Chills every time I see it 👏
Best scene, best music, best acting , best drama, best directing, best best best best… just best !
Best use of popular music ever in a movie scene imo!!🤜🤛👍
G.O.A.T.
dances with wolves was better! 😂😂😂😂 - i mean talk about a massssive fucking hollywood FAIL
justbest.
Man truly had a gift
Has
Right, he’s still alive
at first, I thought the music didn't work because of the lyrics, but it made the scene so memorable that I realized it was a genius move
They literally don’t make them like this anymore 😢
Don't have the brains for it.
@@Bafome-Nullwho is??
@@Bafome-NullNo mention in the film about vaccines, that's why your comment is pure non sequitur bullshit.
About your bs look up "excess deaths" or risk benefit analysis on mrna cov vaccine compared to any other medication. I am vaccinated.
Fun fact, countries with low vaccine rate are the same with no excess deaths.
@@Bafome-Nully r u mad about somebody’s body choice?
@@Bafome-Null im glad he is.. We don't need the government telling us what to put into our bodies.
Happily unvaxxed with a strong immune system. Covid was a scare tactic nothing more.
One of the best scenes in the world cinematography, when an actor plays without any words, just glance, mimics, gestures!
This is literally my favorite scene of the movie
Bobby is king of the facial expressions with Al a close second
Bundy?
Let's not split hairs..lol
Scorsese has always been a gifted and brilliant filmmaker. If you watch many of his films, music is a key ingredient to having a great film. Even a period piece like Gangs of New York included some of the popular standards of that time. The bar scene where that Irish dude is singing “New York Girls (My Dear Annie)” was just brilliantly selected and placed. It was just the product of great research and making sure that they would include a song like that in the movie. The fact that it was sung live on sat also adds polish to the brilliance of the song
They use Cream even better in Casino in my opinion. They use the song “Toad” multiple times throughout the movie, and it works so well!!
Bob should've won an Oscar for that
Yes, DeNiro, Scorsese and Lorraine Bracco all should have won!
No one calls DeNiro “Bob” ya try hard 😂
@@ArizonaAkinTvthe guy in the video literally just called him bob
Bob? How pretentious can you be? You don't know him.
Bob should win an Oscar everyday.
One Of My Favorite Actor’s of all times. Very hard to match Robert De Niro skills on the screen.
De Niro and Scorsese. A better duo you just can't find.
Absolutely right everything ain’t
for everyone
As an actor back in the day, yes, but as a person who is a passionate communist forget about it!
no one outshined Ray Liotta in this movie imo, he was just too good and the role was perfect for him
that was bob not robert
That intro and Jack Bruce's Glasgow accent is perfect for the scene.
The tone of the music fits Jimmy's state of mind and how a thought suddenly occurred to him on how he could liberate himself from a burden and it made him grin, a perverse grin: because he had murder on his mind.
In other words, Jimmy got off on murder and its use to get whatever he wanted. It's the classic use of violence and sensuality together, which so many mobsters and criminals mix together to feel satisfaction. It's Thanatos (death) and Eros (love) together, called the death drive in psychology.
The song by Cream, "Sunshine of Our Love," is actually about a man excited at the prospect of sex with a woman, so Jimmy was feeling arousal when it occurred to him to just have the guy murdered because he would accomplish two things: free himself from a debt and gaining perverse satisfaction from the violence exacted on Morrie.
I sincerely believe that's why Scorsese used it. He understood that song and the character of Jimmy.
That's a solid analysis
I'm pretty sure "murder on my mind" is the title to a rap song or 2 lol. First thing I thought when I read this.
Robert De Niro is a different breed of actor altogether.
Blood lust is indeed a well established, sadistic condition in psychopathy, and not entirely unlike it’s hormonally lustful counterpart in its satisfying thrills.
I agree
Wow I love this!!!! Why don’t they make films like this anymore 😓
I read somewhere that it's less economically viable today to get top tier actors and production as costs in the industry have sky rocketed since this era of cinema. Also, with the rise of streaming services and piracy the more expensive cinema experience is less appealing to consumers. Couple that with the fact that vhs/dvd sales revenue is a thing of the past it means making movies to the calibre they used to isn't a frequent occurrence. This movie in particular though had a blend of some of the best actors of the past century with one of the best directors and an authentic story line. It's always going to be difficult to top.
@@cerberus1321 interesting I think it also comes down to this new generation having bad taste and not appreciating what makes great cinematography, they would rather watch action or super hero movies, that’s what pulls in the numbers.. sad times 😓
@@JeanHuguesNumeroOne the new matrix is a perfect example of that 🙈🙈
They did with “Joker”.
The scene when he’s leaving the subway and all the cops are running inside, and he just slowly lifts the cig to his mouth with that smooth walk he has. It was a trailer shot and I loved it so much.
@@dylanhealy8126 the film was terrible, you think it's good because they don't make good films now
Just watched the irishman for the third time. 3 and a half hours of perfection. Marty is the goat and you know hes got a legit pass from the mob lol
Wha? That movie is boring as hell. Damn near everyone involved in it are decades past their prime. And treating a 70+ year old De Niro like he's a young man was just silly and entirely unbelievable.
I mean, to each his own but I thought that film sucked.
@@hlf_coder6272
@hlf_coder 👁️👄👁️ before,
And after writing this reply
Just puttin my two cents in…Scorsese never topped Goodfellas. Best gangster film he ever made. And he makes the best. Not knock Godfather but you know, Godfather is whole ‘nother chestnut
Overrated tripe.
@@hlf_coder6272 such a werid movie for a 70 year old guy to be called "kid" and doing errands for the mob. why is it so hard to get a decent tough young actor.. well actually now that i think about it..
Such great acting with no words and no other people , can just see it in his eyes, love this movie
Robert making the audience nervous asf during that scene 😂
love this scene....he realizes he doesn't have to share with anyone..he's a gangster and can just eliminate his partners.
Jimmy whacks all his associates than cries like a baby when tommy gets whacked:
@@goshenhill40and that’s that.
@@Charsi_Escobarlol
Martin Scorsese was and is a visionary. No one can compare. This short video is just one example of how great he is. To actually visualize a scene and the perfect music to go with it as it’s being typed out is a gift from above.
That’s such a stroke of genius. Just Scorsese seeing that scene in his head, not even filmed, and it just clicks with him that Sunshine of Your Love is the perfect track to play over it. And it was!
The soundtrack to this film was perfection!
Literally not even a soundtrack but a playlist
It's not only the movie... the soundtracks to Scorsese's flicks are absolutely awesome!
The scene in the Copa with The Crystals playing in the background, Casino's with Gimme Shelter... everything's fantastic.
I'm currently writing a little period novel about an italian american rising up in the NY mob from 1978 to 2006 and music comes a lot to my mind
Indeed ! Robbie Robertson is so damn good!
He and Scorsese work so well together. 🎼
(I think much can be attributed to also being a 'fan' of one another. )
i’d love to take a read of that novel!! 🧐
And approx when do you think this novel will be available? Lol
@@mattalley7646 Ahhh it's just a personal project. Probably would be ready in 10 years 🤣🤣🤣 I'll let you know
@@JeanlucPicard-kk2jy Problem is, there's a lot of info about the 5 families and not a lot about other places!
Apart from being a personal project, I think it's where I can "miss" less info, because I want to insert a fictional crew of the Gambinos in 70's and 80's real world NY. Which itself it's not easy (turf, businesses, family history, etc.). I kinda want the audience to feel they know all the guys, without them ever existing! 🤣
I'm just an amateur, so I'm writing this just to myself, couldn't care less if it's noticed hahah
But I'll say this. Tue melting pot East Harlem is in the 70's leaves a lot of stories to tell!
Best music ever
Till this day I can’t believe Driving Miss Daisy won the Oscar.
That was the year before.
And let’s not forget, _Dances With Wolves_ performed better commercially as well as with the major precursor awards. _GoodFellas_ was lucky to come away with just Joe Pesci’s Best Supporting Actor win.
Yo but the fact that this movie became an iconic film. It kind of proves that the Oscars are useless. Just saying. The audience chooses which films are going to be iconic for all times. Evidently like this one.
this movie is timeless, I watch it with my dad every year
Great directors have to consume as much art and history as possible to be able to put things like this together.
Great directors know the history of film making, it informs a lot of what these rare people create. I love it all.
One of the scariest actors ever. Among with joe pesci
Him in cape fear is such a fuckin menace, that's charcter he plays is why prisons are built.
@@RememberPOGS
Him and that film are the reason I started getting tattoos and working out 😂
Yeah. They. Make. It. Seem. Lik. Yu. Really. DONT. Wanna. Piss. Them. Off !
@@RememberPOGS 👍👍👍💯
@@duanehall2213
What?
Do you always write that way?
Scorsese is a hundred steps beyond other directors. As it is being written he has already blocked the movements, worked out the camera angles, the camera movements, the main focus, the FILM SPEED, and the MUSIC; and the kicker is that it is all so perfect that people are studying this scene and the entire film decades after it was released. It will definitely be used as required viewing in good cinematography classes.
Brilliant. Fell in love with the whole concept when I was younger. Captured a real killer’s energy/aura. Intense scene.
Very few directors can mesh in the correct music to fit and set the scene.
Meh, it's easy.
@@comebackguy8892 if you're a moviemaker haha
@@Ollay245 Or a musician. Or actually, everyone who isn't completely tone deaf.
@COMEBACK GUY yeah that's why people remember Scorsese's music in movies more than anyone else's. Tarantino's a pretty far second. Nobody else comes anywhere near. That's out of however million movies have been made in history. So, not as easy as you think.
@@dj-dt1vv If you think that Black Panther was filled with pop music because the director thought it was fitting, then I feel sorry for you.
I've lived my life like this...a song in the background can decide just how crazy I may be.
Wow! Scorsese is a genius!
Love the mobster mentality gawd forbid you become a rat but its ok to kill all your friends so you dont have to share the money make sense 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
One of the GREATEST ACTORS in the world DeNERO is SIMPLY THE BEST. 👌 ❤
Scorsese writes scripts long hand and always plugs a song he likes into the scenes
I've been looking up for this clip for MONTHS!
What a work of art that movie was.
That scene fit so perfectly with the song
Greatest film ever
Godfather part 2?
@@nikks1371 No way. Goodfellas is better than all the Godfather films. I’ve seen thousands and thousands of films, but there’s only one I think is perfect and couldn’t be improved - Goodfellas.
@@bungle3912 Taxi Driver and the godfather 1 beat it out.
That natural scrow of Robert D'nero is iconic.
Bobby d’s facial expressions say a 1,000 words
He’s like,”ok mfkr, I’m gonna give you what you want but you won’t like it.” Lol
He synced it to the guitar. Holy God. 🔥
One of the greatest move scenes. You just know his intent from his facial expressions - superb acting.
Man, this clip is a reason why Scorsese’s one of the GOAT film directors. Like Jonah Hill said, the ability to make a quick snap decision about something and it works perfectly. What a visionary.