‘Goodfellas’ Directed by Martin Scorsese
Posted: September 5, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Mediasphere | Tags: Cinematography, Films, Goodfellas, Joe Pesci, Martin Scorsese, Movies, Photography, Ray Liotta, Robert DeNiro Leave a comment
[PHOTO] Gangster Wife Conceal Carry
Posted: December 11, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Guns and Gadgets, Mediasphere, Self Defense | Tags: 1990s, American Film Institute, Conceal Carry, Gangsters, Goodfellas, Guns, Henry Hill, Joe Pesci, Karen Hill, Lorraine Bracco, Mafia, Martin Scorcese, Martin Scorsese, Michael Imperioli, Movies, Nicholas Pileggi, Panties, Pistol, Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family (G K Hall Large Print Book Series) Leave a comment
“I know there are women, like my best friends, who would have gotten out of there the minute their boyfriend gave them a gun to hide. But I didn’t. I got to admit the truth. It turned me on.”
Lorraine Bracco as Karen Hill in Martin Scorsese‘s Goodfellas, 1990
‘Wake Up, Honey’
Posted: December 10, 2015 Filed under: Entertainment, Humor, Mediasphere | Tags: Deborah Hill, Goodfellas, Henry Hill, Lorraine Bracco, Martin Scorcese, Movies, Ray Liotta Leave a commentBehind The Lace Of Martin Scorsese’s 1993 Masterpiece ‘The Age Of Innocence’
Posted: May 30, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: Academy Award, Adam Driver, Age of Innocence, Andrew Garfield, Blu-ray Disc, Daniel Day Lewis, Edith Wharton, Francis Ford Coppola, Goodfellas, Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Thelma Schoonmaker Leave a comment
Still no Blu-ray release of ‘The Age of Innocence‘
Cain Rodriguez writes: This year marks the 25th anniversary of Martin Scorsese’s transcendent gangster classic “Goodfellas,” and while the director’s grand stature in cinematic history is in no doubt, that doesn’t mean there are no under-appreciated gems hiding in his filmography.
[WATCH: Milad Tangshir‘s documentary ‘Hidden Behind Lace‘ here, at Vimeo]
Point of fact, this year also marks the 22nd anniversary of the little discussed adaptation of Edith Wharton’s novel, “The Age of Innocence.” To convince you of the sensual beauty and magnificence of the period piece, Milad Tangshir has crafted a nearly 20-minute-long video essay on the virtues of the 1993 film.
“I don’t particularly say ‘Oh this is a wonderful story for today’s audience.’ I have no idea what a good story for today’s audience is. I really don’t know. I just hope that if it’s honest enough and emotionally compelling, there might be some people out there that it will address.”
— Martin Scorsese
Titled “Hidden Behind Lace,” Tangshir’s video essay not only breaks down Scorsese’s visual style and offers analysis, but also includes clips from interviews given by editor Thelma Schoonmaker, 
cinematographer Michael Ballhaus, co-screenwriter Jay Cocks, production designer Dante Ferretti, and Scorsese himself.
[Check out Edith Wharton’s classic book “The Age of Innocence” at Amazon.com]
It’s a loving tribute to a film that’s been unfairly overlooked since it was released in between the much more commercial “Cape Fear” remake and “Casino.” Read the rest of this entry »
[VIDEO] Official Trailer: ‘The Intern’ [HD]
Posted: May 14, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: Academy Award, Adam DeVine, Anders Holm, Andrew Rannells, Anne Hathaway, Ben Whittaker, Goodfellas, Nancy Meyers, Robert De Niro, The Intern Leave a commentFrom writer and director Nancy Meyers, Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway star in THE INTERN, in theaters September 25, 2015. theinternmovie
Who Tells the Best Jokes? Neurotic, Aggressive Jerks
Posted: February 16, 2014 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Humor | Tags: Friedrich Nietzsche, Goodfellas, Hangover Part III, Humor, Joe Pesci, New York Post, Roberto Benigni Leave a comment
Joe Pesci’s character in “Goodfellas” fits all the criteria for “funny.” Photo: Everett Collection
Kyle Smith writes: ‘Man alone suffers so excruciatingly in the world,” said Friedrich Nietzsche, “that he was compelled to invent laughter.”
This was a landmark moment in comedy, because exactly two seconds after Nietzsche said this, the atomic wedgie was invented by the boy standing behind him in the middle-school lunch line.
[Goodfellas is in the Martin Scorsese Collection at Amazon]
Today science is looking for better explanations of comedy than existential suffering, cognitive scientist Scott Weems says in his book “Ha! The Science of When We Laugh and Why”
Along the way, comedy researchers have stumbled upon surprising truths. For instance, lawyer jokes were almost nonexistent in the 1950s, whereas today more than 3,000 websites are dedicated to attorney mockery. Jokes about cleanliness (“Why do Italian men wear mustaches? To look like their mothers.”) don’t work in Europe, where nobody thinks it’s odd if you don’t shower very often.
[Ha! The Science of When We Laugh and Why at Amazon]
pundit from another planet 