Bill Burr - Goodfellas

[@chefcabbage]

That guy whistling is Al Jolson in his last movie, "The Singing Kid". It foreshadowed 'The Kid' Henry singing like a bird to stay out of prison.

[@chefcabbage]

That‘s just my opinion anyway.

[@GumbyOnFire]

John Doe Well, you're wrong, its Al Jolsen in The Jazz Singer.

[@samirlal4381]

John Doe exactly what I was thinking man

[@carpstudios4174]

John Doe I always heard sing like a canary, but yeah, that's what I thought also. and Bill Burr if you do read this, You freaking rock in my book!

[@reginaldwilliams8663]

Fucking perfect .

[@respectthechaos3004]

The red sky is archetypal of Dante’s Inferno. That was the scene where they crossed the line, it was the end of the era of good times, and the rest of the movie was the down fall. No redemption.

[@mkm1856]

I saw that scene as more of the scene's actual framing, rather than the substance within the shot; with red simply signifying blood, aka bad blood btw them...but then the more influential portion of it being the fact that henry was literally standing/positioned 'over the hill' in the digging scene, by himself...then pesci and deniro were on the lower right side of the same dirt mount/hill, in the darker area of the light...so just thinking in general about the idea being that henry's over the hill, past his prime, realizes that there's nothing good coming for him in the near future whatsoever, so he chooses the easy way out by leaving the other two in the dark when he moves onto his next life - considering in a new + witness protection life, he wouldn't have technically ever known those two, so as they faded he kept getting further over the hill...that was just kind of how I always considered it. and then as you said it was the scene where they crossed the line - and in the scene, pesci and deniro literally crossed a line (the hill) and for the remaining portion of the scene they were positioned in their own spots with varying amounts of light; whether it be none or red...which also then begs the question of: who, given everything learned in the *film* up until that point, would you consider to be the "bad" one in this particular situation? Henry...the other two were doing what they'd always done their whole crime-lives...Henry changed and chose that since he saw the writing on the wall, he took the way out that nobody does.... (2nd part was lots of speculation there, lol...but the first part with the hill as the separating point in the framing of the still scene was just always how I saw it, since it was a pretty blatant split into entirely different styles of portraying each one as either 'good' or 'bad' and which one would you say crossed the - literal - line..)

[@respectthechaos3004]

Mike very nice!!

[@pasargenio2134]

Archetype huh? Too big word for us!

[@masonlee5866]

Respect the Chaos I think that’s what bill was saying

[@josephwalsh7546]

@@mkm1856 Sounds like a massive amount of over-thinking.

[@fodsaks]

When they're digging up Billy Batts' grave it actually looks like they're in Hell. Says to me that retribution is coming.

[@CornyBum]

Yeah, the hell-invoking lighting there, I suspect, is meant to show a gruesome moment like that as the lowest, ugliest level of gangster life, underneath all the layers of pomp, prestige, respectability that they like to parade. Scorsese also used red lighting to a similar effect in his early film Mean Streets for the scenes taking place in a Mafia-owned bar where crimes were plotted, if I recall correctly.

[@chaddsteinberg3758]

Exactly what I figured, and maybe the red light represents Tommy dragging all of his friends to Hell, but yet there they are right beside him, that’s what it means to be apart of something like that, and perhaps even it’s reflective in the fact that they’re all taking part digging there own graves, going to Hell...especially Tommy. If your getting the red light it’s a sign to stop 🛑 but they keep going and keep digging, Henry’s not really cut out for this, he’s the furthest away from the other two, the least furthest from inside the grave, and he ends up being the furthest from trouble when it all wraps up, he complains in the scene too, even know everyone is going through the same stench, and trying to make light of the situation there in, Henry just can’t stomach the most disgusting parts of the lifestyle, even the Trunk wash out scene, he’s grabbing his nose and complaining. I feel like that’s a character tell, that he is in it for the glamorous lifestyle, but when confronted with those foul moments he wants those to be over as quickly and painlessly as possible, I have a feeling if it was one of the other guys he’d not said shit... I truthfully believe that Henry was chosen as the character to lead us through this story, because he was the most like us, the guy sitting down watching, and anyone of the other guys would have been just as good to watch, except Henry was the last of them to not have lost all his humanity, he made decisions we’d made, he wasn’t looking to start shit, he was in it for the glamour, that’s why we love the mob, because it’s sexy, but the problems start to occur, when you realize these other guys are in it for a whole another reason, it’s all they got, and it’s all they know, and they are going to strive to climb to the top, but Henry, Henry would’ve been us, not looking to dominate, not looking to kill, not looking to challenge, he just wanted to stay on the ride the longest, because he knew how rare and special what he was part taking in was, he was a simple kinda man, he wasn’t there to lead and the guys knew that, he was there to soak it all in. How come you think DeNiro hadn’t wacked Henry after the heist, you know he killed other friends to get outta paying, and ratting, why not Henry? I imagine everyone had to cross his mind? Because Henry was a simple kinda man, he wasn’t competition, he was an earner, and the guys knew that, he was in so deep and he was trustworthy the whole way up, he was grateful and honored for anything given to him “Don’t get too big for your britches”. Henry loved his friends, he loved the privileges and glamour, but ultimately he loved his family even if we didn’t see a lot of it, and knew when to say “when”. Most of those guys would never have given up the life and drug the whole family through it just to get wacked out, Henry knew the music stopped, the time was up, and if he bought the lie he’d been wacked down in Florida, hence why the Italians are superstitious, because if you can read the writing on the walls, see the cards falling, you can predict the future. The end when Henry complains, just goes to show you how truly special that life can be, that even after having himself and his family saved he’d done anything to have stayed a little while longer, in a way you could look at it again in a biblical scenario as Henry avoided Hell(Death) by Snitching to the Cops (Good/God) but he remains in purgatory living out a quiet, slow, unimportant, boring life, til he dies, maybe some people would call that Hellish. It’s kinda funny in that last scene of him standing in front of the door complaining it’s shot in a way that looks so, early, lit, bright even, early morning, the complete opposite of the dark, night life, he’s lived, he’s not wearing a nice dark suit but instead a white clean robe, standing there all relaxed in his slippers, about to read the morning paper, having to care what’s going on in the world instead just with his gang, and do the daily grind of so many, he just looks so disgruntled, and disgusted, and even the house looks new, there’s clearly a bulldozer making the new development, clearing new ground, and he will just be another guy no longer unique, no longer respected, no longer known...what’s your thoughts on the Boat Painting Scene? I felt it had a lot of different meanings.

[@CornyBum]

@@chaddsteinberg3758 Egad, man, paragraphs are your friend! I'll try to reply some other time about the boat painting scene.

[@jonp9300]

Chadd Steinberg LoL man go get paid for what you doing because ain’t nobody on KZbin bout to read all that shit 😂😂😂😂

[@Xubelo]

That’s what I love about these classics - the iconic movies - a lot is left to interpretation, is subjective, lots of connotations nowadays, with the exception of films on MUBI, we have Marvel & Sharknado 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6. The Sharknado films inspired me to write a film … out of spite because they’re 💩

[@mohtoadh]

You know what, Bill, you're a really funny guy.

[@nickhighland799]

is he funny heehee, or funny ha ha?

[@johnhoward3880]

is he funny like a clown/

[@LyleNicholas]

how the FUCK is he funny? What is so funny about him?

[@69adrummer]

Go get your fucking shine box!

[@mohtoadh]

Ivan you got it all wrong.

[@radminasrauba4344]

This video of Bill Burr narrating GoodFellas is a piece of art itself.

[@jesseklassen6737]

Jesus Christ is everybody lick Bill Burr's red nutsack I don't get it... Like the balls lick the balls I think I'm going to lick the balls lick the balls

[@stevem2323]

@@jesseklassen6737 Ooooh are you all upset now?

[@jesseklassen6737]

@@stevem2323 Huy? I have no idea what you mean by your question. Upset about what? And don't even know who you are but anyways what are you talking about?

[@stevem2323]

@@jesseklassen6737 So i see you have some bipolar disorder, why didn't you say something. Wasting my time with numbnuts.

[@jesseklassen6737]

Whoa whoa whoa buddy boy........ I don't know what you're talking about bro. Don't call me names. I don't know what you're referring to... help me out buddy, what are you talkin about why are you calling me bipolar and why are you saying whatever it is you said

[@coryt93]

I’ll forever associate that scene of the fat guy running with the umbrella and cigar with Bill Burr’s impressed assessment of it 😂

[@NickStuart118]

THE RUN THAT HE DOES

[@jeffreyg3375]

Same.

[@HoyaSaxaSD]

But may Scorsese’s biggest errors in the movie. A pay phone directly in front of a Boss’s house, where all day, every day, his captain is making and taking calls and delivering messages to the Boss, would be tapped within the first month, if not week. No way it’d be used.

[@FerrariTeddy]

@@HoyaSaxaSDyou might overestimate the mob. When cellphones came out, the mafia thought they were untraceable because there’s no wire to tap… that was common thought at the time and it led to a LOT of indictments.

[@Jayrawk]

I’m gonna go get the papers get the papers

[@koyoteman58]

Jimmy Two Times

[@jasonfallon4968]

Jimmy two times

[@ricocheteraw90sthebestdecade]

Love that part

[@j2times2006]

Oh really now?

[@Kjca_1998]

T Paul Because he always says everything two time.................two times.

[@BitcoinMotorist]

In the famous "How am I funny?" scene, Tommy says jokingly that Henry will fold under questioning.

[@bradagee9041]

The narrative structure of Goodfellas has always blown my mind. It's technically an epic that spans twenty years and shows the rise and fall of a criminal and his organization but at the same time it's such an intimate, ground-level exploration of specific characters told from one man's perspective that it feels like a character study. And I think it's because each scene is broken down into its own little story that it's like a feature length comprised of little short films. As Bill mentioned, each scene is a closer. They each have an introduction, climax and resolution that works both in the self-contained context of the scene and in that of the film as a whole. Am I making any sense? I think I am. There is so much greatness going on in that film you can pick it apart and talk about it forever.

[@kylehogankh]

I think what’s interesting is that it doesn’t really follow the typical “hero’s journey” but rather the regular beats of life. It’s based off of a real guys life story and with the way it’s narrated and the pacing of it it really feels like somebody’s life story and that’s what makes it such a different and unique movie.

[@gcgcgcg]

Each scene is pretty much a vignette and each vignette completely has you enthralled. Great storytelling and filmmaking

[@Sernival]

Yeah maybe more movies should use that structure. It might not be linear as some people would like but it would give writers more of a chance to pack interesting scenes that can later follow an overarching narrative

[@mightymoeish]

@@Sernival Every good movie does aim to use that structure. Only novices take the "story structure pyramid" of buildup-climax-resolution very literally. Every scene should have its own "pyramid" while also being apart of the overall pyramid. Viewers might not notice it, but movies naturally flop if they have like 40 minutes of monotonous exposition.

[@immanuelcunt7296]

@@kylehogankh That's horseshit. It plays heavily off of the hero's journey in a dark, twisted route. Henry's very clearly following a twisted, warped hero's journey. He's called out of the ordinary by something from beyond the pale, initiates himself into a higher calling, goes through hell and contends with evil, then finally when the shit hits the fan, he returns to the ordinary "egg noodles and ketchup" life that he came from. It's a full circle anti-hero's journey. That's why Scorsese focuses so much on what attracted Henry to the mob life. It's not as if Goodfellas doesn't have patterns. There's icarus-like shit in it too, for example.

[@b.f.skinner4383]

Dude your fucking editing skills are AMAZING, the way you mix Bill's commentary seamlessly into each video is just awesome keep it up!

[@innershade9679]

Wait a minute bill burr didn't do this?

[@Unkn.9wn]

+Inner Shade Whoever did this video should be proud and credited, the editing is phenomenal & the whole concept is very entertaining, so please keep making these awesome contents & don't stop!

[@frylock456]

Like a bauss

[@hankhenderson8376]

Agreed, awesome work!

[@LoneWolf-wp9dn]

yet he also did that cringy intro

[@LFC303606ACID]

Best gangster movie ever made, Bill has great taste in movies..

[@Nautilus1972]

GF I & II. But they're all on a par.

[@ttv0]

I prefer The Godfather myself, but great movie nonetheless

[@The__Leo]

+ttv0 Godfather is 100x better, mainly because the acting is fucking atrocious.

[@AikiDoge]

"Goodfellas" (1991) = rat woršhip

[@ttv0]

***** I'd say Henry ratting was a pretty good thing for the public, unless you're in favor of organized crime.

[@OhToBeAGooner04]

The movie they show is The Jazz Singer and it was the first film to have people talking. The symbolism was always a bit straight forward if you know that film and that little bit of trivia. It basically means he broke the protocol of how things were by talking and therefore changed everything forever. Basically, there’s no going back at that point... what’s said has been said.

[@michaelhauser6440]

Singing like a bird

[@benjaminperez7328]

@@michaelhauser6440 A boid. A stool pigeon.

[@mmd3585]

Ray Liotta was amazing in this movie. For me, easily the best acting, with Joe Pesci coming just after him. Too bad he was snubbed from a nomination for the Oscars.

[@lesterdiamond6190]

I've also always thought Liotta should have won an Oscar for this performance. And while we're at it Sharon Stone should have won for Ginger in Casino. I consider that the best female lead performance I've ever seen.

[@chookvalve]

But oscars are for the ..

[@LJ2K2025]

They glorified Henrys character, in real life he was a deadbeat degenerate

[@hawsrulebegin7768]

chookvalve Jesus man, shut the fuck up.

[@philobrien8920]

@@lesterdiamond6190 she did I believe; my bad she didn't, Mandela effect?

[@pizzapizza2225]

This video was 5 minutes but felt like 45 seconds

[@briobrio6047]

Clarkstowns Finest real shit

[@skr00ge.]

Holyfuck

[@roddydykes7053]

Clarkstowns Finest I agree, I kept checking the time stamp because I was worried it’d be over too soon

[@ddriveddrive4986]

Described perfectly

[@MachineGunMouth]

it seemed more like 5 minutes and 49 seconds to me...

[@joseloco6804]

Joe Pesci shooting looking into the camera is the viewer of the movie getting killed. Because as a viewer we witnessed everything. And everyone involved had a messed up ending. Idk

[@manjitmishra410]

That's actually a really interesting and cool theory

[@baware9087]

I think you may be on to something with this theory Crazy Joe

[@papefdoll91]

That scene is also an homage to The Great Train Robbery, one of the first films ever made.

[@thomasmills339]

Nope. Bit on the nose for Scorsese.

[@jonp9300]

Lol no

[@wilpaulii1669]

Bill Burr’s description of Goodfellas is better than any film critics in my opinion. “Goodfellas is a bunch of closing jokes put together” that’s a perfect way of putting it. It’s literally great scene after great scene.

[@Lee-ws3qq]

The guy singing is whisteling like a bird - "sing like a bird" - which is another type of slang for snitching or ratting people out.

[@BoqPrecision]

Wanna cookie, genius?

[@paddleflambeau9434]

Bill didn’t even know what it meant fuck face

[@dontommasino6882]

Yep, kinda like blue falcon.

[@arthurd6495]

Lee, that makes sense. Watched Goodfellas 30 times, and never really thought about that scene. Scorsese is explicitly showing it though.

[@chloeprice5418]

@@paddleflambeau9434 lol he can be an idiot sometimes. No disrespect.

[@Jurgy777]

Scorsese is a genius. I'm a big fan of the hidden gems and cryptic messages in his movies. Just about every scene has some significance - guy is the definition of perfectionist.

[@WHATtheFCK72]

TARENTINOS GOOD 4 THAT 2....

[@dmb1995ta]

I agree. A master of his trade. Every single frame is selected for a reason. Editing is the magic of the film.

[@GyroLamb]

''Or a hommage if you're in a bar'' lmao so true.

[@dirtysaint5324]

Honestly I just thought it was pronounced like that because of the company we have up here in Ohio www.homage.com

[@MrFademaio]

Look at this you got one dog looking one way and another dog looking another way and this guy's saying what do you want from me.

[@NoNoDigUpStupid]

Hey he looks like someone we know!

[@allenpalin]

most under-rated scene...

[@MrFademaio]

The great part about that scene is that they were talking about Phil Leotardo in a way. An incredible character.

[@richardrude9087]

i like how tommy's mom is sitting at the table with picture just on deck waiting to show it off

[@wcfinest]

best scene is the "you are a funny guy" scene at the restaurant where everybody gets quiet real quick,

[@jackson5056]

I always saw the ending like this. It shows Tommy firing his gun at the camera ala The Great Train Robbery. Then it shows Henry in his crappy condition walking back to his house. It’s like the movie’s comparing the pop culture image of the gangster vs. this actual gangster whose life was very unglamorous.

[@joeschmoe5929]

Man somebody needs to put bill burr in a mob movie

[@jefffawcett]

joe schmoe he was great in Breaking Bad, close enough!

[@jefffawcett]

@Roy Sunshine you think Breaking Bad, possibly the best series in television history, about the transformation of a meek high school chemistry teacher into a drug lord, is "gay"? Man you have a strange definition of gay

[@jefffawcett]

@Roy Sunshine I think I will just bow out of this one

[@Zmantheburger]

Roy Sunshine no one thinks breaking bad is realistic. Everyone loves it because it outside the realm of reality, but you can still sympathize with all the characters

[@LJ2K2025]

Bill would of been great as whitey bulger in black mass, instead they got that pirate who played donnie brasco aha

[@allys744]

“You should be in f**kin’ jail!…you c**t.” *that delivery and timing had me howling* 🤣✋

[@matthewlawrence6750]

Man, I realize now that Bill Burr kinda sounds like Ray Liotta. It sounded like narration over the movie, lol.

[@josephhickman1306]

I'm hard of hearing..some vocal ranges I can catch...ha ,Pesci and Burr do have a similar laugh(albeit sometimes spooky)..😃😎

[@cheebateam]

Just stop.....

[@HOTD108_]

@@cheebateam Stop what and why?

[@phoenixmodellingphotography]

​@@HOTD108_What you're doing...there are other things you still need to do

[@Vaporvice84]

The color red represents every new chapter in Henry's life. When Henry first meets Jimmy, the background has a red tint to it. The cigarettes he first gets pinched selling were Marlboro Reds. When Tommy is talking to Henry about a favor to go on a double date where Henry will meet his future wife, the bar they're about to destroy is bathed in red. The restaurant they hang out is bathed red. When Henry ditches Karen, she's wearing a blue outfit that turns red when the camera closes in on her (the lamp on the table). Then when she confronts him she's wearing a red dress (now he likes her). The corvette the rapist owns when Henry pistols whips him is red. The red lighting when they kill Billy Bats and dig him up later. Later on after the Lufthansa heist, at the Xmas party Henry is wearing a red blazer/sports coat. More later on, when Henry gets caught, the whole day he was stressing over sauce. And finally, the last shot of the movie, as we see Henry's feet as he goes to get the paper (get the paper), we see red flowers in a red pot. Flowers symbolize new life. Man, this movie does such a better job at using the color red for symbolism than a certain....other...movie that everyone wouldn't shut the fuck up about regarding the twist ending.

[@oxydo9936]

Awesome comment dude, I've never seen it that way. But, just one question: maybe I have been living under a rock or something, but what movie has that twist ending you are talking about?

[@chirsvandehey59]

+Filip Šeget The Sixth Sense.

[@oxydo9936]

Chirs Vandehey thanks dude

[@herculesrockefeller2984]

Bull-shit.. Her dress was clearly white and gold

[@HANDSOMEHANZO]

I agree! I also think it's an homage to Francis' usage of the color ORANGE in the Godfather. The Sopranos, The Departed, etc. have used color symbolism as well. Definitely my favorite movie in life.

[@catra195]

I was just thinking maybe the Whistling singer was because he Got up on the stand and Sung Like a Canary

[@Head318Hunter]

BAM

[@commander1982]

nice. Exactly what i was thinking.

[@jetyler3400]

could be ...yes.

[@GoutPatrol]

It's from the Jazz Singer, the first song in the movie.

[@jetyler3400]

+GoutPatrol ??? first song is Rags ti Riches sung by Tony Bennett with Percy Faith orchestra. ..19...50 somthin .

[@bobwalton4630]

I think the scene with Tommy's mother late at night serving them dinner is a better overall than the famous "Funny HOW? scene.

[@charlieanddadreviewsandcha2243]

Bob Walton Content to be a jerk.

[@billrussell7227]

That is Scorsese's mother.!!@

[@ChristianMartinez-gv2zp]

The way Tommy describes his mom's painting. It's just too good!

[@bradcarver8127]

Haha looks like someone we know

[@olrustyknuckles1429]

HOOF!

[@josephvanwyk2088]

The red sky is directly linked to the action they are doing. It's like the characters opened a portal to hell. It's rage, violence and carnage. It's one of the most iconic scenes in cinema history.

[@masterrace8664]

Man you edit these videos.. Like a boss!!

[@allenpalin]

thanks!

[@SUNPEOPLEPRODUCTIONS]

who edits bill burrs videos?

[@wisterV]

SUN PEOPLE PRODUCTIONS still tryna finger out who produces them⁉️😳

[@shegotbettermorale8598]

"Here's a leg, here's a wing !"

[@lawrencedockery9032]

You still go for the hearts and lungs?

[@tomd1434]

@@lawrencedockery9032 🤢🤢🤢

[@KenJohnsonMusic]

One wants to say, "Nah", but Bill Bur is correct. This movie is "THE" crime movie of all times.

[@Steve_Ranazzissi]

fuckin pleb

[@laughingachilles]

I think it's the definitive mob movie, I rate it higher than the Godfather but that always gets me shit because the Godfather has some kind of weird mystique around it. I swear for some people saying that Gooodfellas is superior to the Godfather is like pissing on the Bible or something. I don't think Goodfellas is "THE" crime movie of all time as Heat is also excellent but the two movies cannot be compared as they are dealing with different sorts of crime. One is a mob movie, the other is a small gang of professional thieves. I hope that made some sense, I'm a bit tired atm.

[@laughingachilles]

***** You need to work on your trolling, D- at best right now.

[@Robin-kp1nv]

I still think Godfather 1 is not only the better crime movie but also the best movie of all time That said, Goodfellas is definitely up there.

[@Nicky392WB]

+Robin MX I gotta agree with you, godfather and goodfellas and then the departed.

[@nonplayerzealot4]

My mother had a terminal condition and was bedridden and she would often ask me to find and set up certain movies or shows or concerts/musicians or documentaries for her. In her final couple of weeks, one of the movies she wanted to see was GoodFellas. She watched it twice in full. I think she wanted to see that masterpiece a final time or two before she passed on. It was very evocative for her, she was around Henry/Karen's age, but I'll always remember her requesting specifically to have me get and play that for her twice. Kinda hurts me to think of it when I watch it myself. It's my dad's all-time fave as well. I love it too, of course, I usually watch it once a year. I just watched it 4 times in the last two weeks. I know that movie by rote memory, and I could probably go the rest of my life without ever having to see it again (it's like listening to Stairway To Heaven in full, it's so fundamental, it's burned into your noodle), but when I do watch it again, I wind up re-watching it 3-4 times every fuckin time. It's so engrossing no matter how many times you've seen it.

[@matthankus]

fuck you

[@Kha0s8]

Word.

[@nonplayerzealot4]

M Gordon Jackalofdeath is a child as evidenced by his video game uploads. His life experience isn't yet expansive enough to encompass anything but fantasy and daily masturbation. His caring mother is concerned about what people like the repliers here all recognize as a budding mental instability. However, we shouldn't neglect the fact that he's probably being bullied at school and feels the need to lash out at others because anything that reminds him of inner feelings is scary to him. While I do believe he's very disturbed and hope to God he doesn't have access to an AR-15, I will withhold a mental diagnosis until I've seen his case file. He actually acts like Tommy from the movie. When someone insults him, he lashes out in a pitiful cornered-animal style for everyone to see. It's sad, isn't it? He will one day let go of his video game controller and penis and learn to shake other peoples' hands and converse with them with an adult level of self-confidence. He will learn that when he lashes out at others, that he's really just displaying his own lack of self-esteem. Since I am comfortable enough to emote around other adults such as yourself, I am proud that I am still able to sympathize with him, but most of all, I share his mom's concerns about him being the target of bullies in school. He's had it rough, Gordon. Such treatment makes one mean. I think Jackalofdeath still has plenty of time to change.

[@mgpanther81]

nonplayerzealot4 That's a good call and I agree. You have more patience than I do. By the way (and as I was going to comment before I read the mental cripple's comment) how cool is it that your mom picks one of the ultimate "guy" movies as her "go to" toward the end. Did you know she had that stealth-mom-cool or did that sneak up on you? My mom would probably pick 'Murder She Wrote' and I'd want to claw my own eyes out.

[@nonplayerzealot4]

Thank you, M. She was a great person, very cool. Very giving person, caring. She liked The Sops as well. I remember she saw American Beauty as well. One of the last things she saw was the Scorsese documentary on George Harrison, where he ironically spent a lot of time talking about death in an ethereal way. I think she was at peace when she passed on, which is all you can ask for. When your mom dies, a part of you dies with her. That little geek Jackalofdeath will find out one day like the rest of us. I frankly hope his father is around to get him help if his mom dies because I doubt he can handle it. I see him as an Adam Lanza type. This is probably what he looks like behind that screen: tinyurl.com/zearn5z

[@ByJakeRyan]

That old school clip at the end is in reference to Tommy being the Oklahoma Kid - what he called himself right before he shot spider

[@charlieanddadreviewsandcha2243]

Jake Ryan What?? I’m a good shot..

[@allenpalin]

What is your favorite scene from Goodfellas?

[@fletch1914]

Go home and get your fucking shinebox

[@DawryMike]

The scene when tommy gets killed

[@DawryMike]

Just because as soon as tommy looks around he says "oh no".

[@Paddy.C]

The one where they're at Tommy's mother's house after getting rid of Billy Batts, explaining why they took her carving knife, and looking at her painting.

[@itstglson]

The whole 1980's part of the film

[@PoletBally]

GoodFellas is one of those rare movies, maybe 4-5 movies that were ever made that would make a top 50 greatest films list if you made three separate polls: Audience, critics and film directors.. Along with The Godfather, Psycho and Pulp Fiction. It's hard to think of a movie that is regarded so highly among the lowest commoner as well as the most sophisticated artsy film critic. A masterpiece is an understatement.

[@calvinbroedis5952]

Pulp Fiction was overrated trash as typical for Tarantino's work. Godfather I hear was overrated but never seen enough of it. Psycho was a classic, although obviously very dated at this age. ALL movies become old after a while though.

[@PoletBally]

On the contrary, I feel that the truly great movies don't age and that movies today for the most part are trash. But to each his own. TV shows I feel are better today than they ever were though.

[@calvinbroedis5952]

Peter Loew Movies today are most definitely trash but even the older ones have aged tremendously. Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Star Wars, Scarface, Jaws, King Kong, Ben-Hur; they are all so outdated and feel like products of their time. One thing I'll say for modern movies are the level of CG special effects have increased dramatically. The weak storylines and poor writing are what really drags them down.

[@Anonymous-oy7os]

"Godfather I hear was overrated but never seen enough of it" You lose any credibility with that statement. To each their own, but I personally loved Pulp Fiction.

[@calvinbroedis5952]

Anonymous I don't watch overrated garbage and have seen a bit of Godfather enough to know it's just melodramatic romanticized mafia trash.

[@petergambier]

I have to agree with Bill's assessment of Goodfellas, what a story and brilliantly told in a visual package by Martin Scorsese. It's definitely one for the film library. As to Bills question on why the burial scene was back-lit in red light. It's got more ghoulishness, red is blood and the underworld, red is danger.

[@KodyWalker]

bill burr is the best comedian of this era hands down

[@solutionone3777]

No way! Sam Kinison is. go get you're shine box.

[@brucelk19]

+Mike Desj bill hicks

[@solutionone3777]

No

[@KodyWalker]

i meant this era. bill hicks and sam kinison died in the 90s which is the previous era. And everything is only matter of opinion anyways.

[@solutionone3777]

+Kody Walker no way.

[@ZombieEater2010]

That intro was fantastic. Made me grin my ass off

[@christianbacigaluppi5659]

Gotta remember, they were all kinda turning on eachother at the end. Robert Dinero's character tried to lure Henry Hill's wife into a warehouse to whack her. So can't blame Hill for ratting Dinero's character out.

[@vinsentstarynight]

That's what Hill said and I don't believe him at all

[@twpj2368]

@@vinsentstarynight yea it’s kind of out of nowhere like what would they gain killing her

[@sephjnr]

@@twpj2368 Loose ends. Same reason why he asked Henry if Morrie told his wife anything, pure paranoia.

[@guitarreilly]

Nah I always interpreted that as karen being paranoid and how fucked everything was that a simple activity would send her over the edge

[@kbm-zw5jd]

Jimmy would have absolutely killed Karen. He killed the wife of the guy who bought the new car. Anybody who knows something was a threat to him.

[@punisher00109]

Bill isnt a bad film Analyst

[@matthewmorelli85]

No he's Very Good For sure

[@popo0129]

I seen this movie like maybe 4 times or 5 (twice as a kid but never focused too much on it since I wasn't interested of it at the time) and I never questioned why the scene they bury that guy is all red. I thought it was just suppose to show how fucked up the situation is. Weird thing is I don't think even the movie teacher I had in one of my college courses noticed it either. Was one of the films we watched and analysed in class.

[@anneb889]

popo129 Unless you were pretty young, it’s hard not to be interested in goodfellas. The acting, writing, sets, it moves at a good pace, etc, all make it one of the best movies ever. I would think it would be hard to watch and be bored/not interested. Better then The Godfather (IMO).

[@popo0129]

@@anneb889 Yeah was like maybe 8 or 9. Like I didn't hate it or dislike it but I didn't pay attention to it when the family watched it when they were over that day (somehow I remember that). I watched it maybe a year or two later on my own and enjoyed it. Fast forward to my adult life and in college in my movie class, we end up watching it and I really enjoyed the hell out of it. Like I felt it was because I didn't understand too much about the things in the movie as a kid, but as an adult, it was amazing. When you learn about how everything that makes a movie good, Goodfellas, is like on top of everything that is right about a movie.

[@anneb889]

popo129 Yea, 8-9 is too young to appreciate Goodfellas. I’m jealous....in my college class I was watching all older movies....Gone With The Wind, Rebecca, Psycho. All artistically sound, but no Goodfellas. To this day I can’t hear Layla on the radio and not think of Goodfellas. I also refer to “yeah/yeah/yeahing” me regularly. Lol.

[@lucidstargirl]

And yet again, Grade A work Allen!!! :D

[@traviche7207]

Agreed!

[@jimschmim8045]

Homie is on his way to 10k subs! Keep up the hard work Allen.

[@rdk2323]

Allen didn't do anything... he stole this from Bill Burr.

[@lucidstargirl]

oh my mistake, you're right. he only matched up Bill's podcast perfectly to a movie to go along with Bill's every word. No no you're totally right, he did nothing... just perfect editing that if you knew anything about video editing and audio matching you would know better. **eye roll**

[@adamcomito]

+Ryan Keith oh shit big mouth goes quiet?

[@blakereigns246]

My theory on the tv character dancing, whistling like a bird. Foreshadowing. Henry Hill sang like a bird or "snitched" on his whole crew.

[@hotdog782]

oooh i love that

[@IndependentGeorge76]

Backlit in red to represent hell. In the great scene where Henry and Karen walk through backstage to get front row seats at the supper club, there's noticeable red in every shot too. it's like the path they took to hell. Either that or Scorsese just likes the red, i dunno....

[@KvltKommando]

and they're driving on the road to get there. the road to hell good intentions etc

[@scharukh1]

It's basic film colour theory. Instead of hell it could be easily connected to the colour of blood and the bloody way they whacked him.

[@DanielLopez-jz4yj]

Scorsese is catholic....look at the departed, and see the duality of good and evil, and rats and shit

[@airbornemerlin]

no, its red because henry hill was in the airborne for 4 years and they are using military tactics to evade detection! read my comment above.

[@airbornemerlin]

In the military (and camping) they supply red light filters for your flash light. your eyes have several type of cells in them, and basically what happens is if you stop the red light, and go into a dark room, your night vision is pretty good. if you do the same with white light, your will need a period of time to readjust (probobly 20 min). the military wants the ability to instantly operate in the dark.. also in fog red light travels less far, so they cant see them from the street easily

[@JusBidniss]

Me: You're a funny guy. Bill Burr: I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I'm here to amuse you?

[@vinsanity982]

I tried to get my gf at the time to watch this movie with me and she didn't like it. She fell asleep a quarter of the way through. We broke up not long after.

[@rustedtooth3015]

@@bradbradleys6091 you guys are simps

[@firebreathercat133]

Good riddance

[@bradbradleys6091]

@The Walking Dude I assume he's been called one several times so he goes around calling others that to try and un simp himself.

[@braxtonslife7779]

Brad Bradleys Simp means fool. Not everyone uses Simp in the stupid internet slang way.

[@bradbradleys6091]

@@braxtonslife7779 I feel like you didn't need to define it. Seems pretty self explanatory

[@taylorlemon114]

Wow. Insightful. As for the bird singing movie it's The Jazz Singer, the first talking picture. So the fact that the first "talkie" is playing around the time when the detectives show up may be the same kind of foreshadowing as when Tommy says "I wonder about you sometimes Hendry..ya MAY FOLD UNDER QUESTIONING!"

[@taylorlemon114]

...first cinematic talking...in the form of a canary!

[@gabelogan56]

+Taylor Lemon... You just rocked my world with that theory madame/sir! Eloquent, metaphorical and simple!!! I hope that's what Scorcese was thinking! Wish I knew ya so we could talk more film.

[@taylorlemon114]

+gabelogan56 this is SIR taylor wondering what your favorite movie is

[@gabelogan56]

Taylor Lemon Well, Sir, what a question!! ha... I mean it's an ever changing list with films covering a few decades. Always hard to pin down without context. I like to expound in person. Ha. But one movie that has remained in my top 3 for A WHILE now, is scarcely similar to Goodfellas. I'd currently have to answer Punch Drunk Love. You like that one too?/What's your favorite movie?

[@taylorlemon114]

+gabelogan56 punch drunk is brilliant, beautiful, hypnotic and funny..i love how pt anderson makes his characters more real with less cinematic dignity..def one of my top 5 is boogie nights, an earlier masterpice of pt andersons. Raging bull is just about as high as goodfellas on my list only it's deeper and more somber..american beauty is quite up there even tho its grossly underrated by shallow viewers

[@timcarter1164]

I've always thought the screen turned red because that was the beginning of Henry Hill's descent into his own personal hell.

[@pre4122]

Hands down, this has been my favorite movie since the first time I saw it. One thing in particular I like is how it can go from being so serious, to making me laugh out loud. Or how one minute someone is getting whacked for messing up a drink order, and the next Henry is explaining how thinly sliced garlic makes a good sauce. I agree with Bill, this is an absolute masterpiece. Every character, every line of dialogue, it's incredible. Tommy talking about his mom's painting. Tommy telling Carbone to make coffee before he whacks Stacks. The shine box scene. The only way they could possibly have made this move any better would have been to include at least one scene with Pacino. But it wasn't needed. Perfect movie.

[@hal900x]

The black and white film in the movie is "The Jazz Singer", about a Jewish man from a religious family that breaks numerous taboos to sing "Negro music". You could have a field day theorizing with that one.

[@hal900x]

Mine is that as the Mafia era dies, and they sell each other out and move to the suburbs, they become an anachronism, just as that film was in the early 60's.

[@NoneOfyourBusiness468]

Just the end of an era, the woman in the chair knows it and the kid is the new beginning.

[@huron3871]

The woman in the chair is a Jew, married to a member of an Italian gang, and bouncing his kid on her lap, I don't think it's too hard to dissect

[@fidgetyrock4420]

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[@gregwalker1913]

...and to add to all the theories, Scorcese is the ultimate film buff. The scene called for Karen to be watching tv. Scorcese was not going to put a tv show. He wanted to show an old classic movie - The Jazz Singer. He was educating those who might not know it. Including, it seems, Bill Burr :)

[@SJB2000]

8 fuckin aprons😂

[@ScarrednCharred]

blacmadesjb 2750 thats why it's always a good idea to have at least 6 14" zip-ties. You never know

[@jesuschristwithajhericurl2739]

blacmadesjb 2750 you're a real jerk

[@Flurry-five]

The real reason for scene at the end with Pesci shooting according to Scorsese, was to pay homage to a 1903 western that ends with the protagonist shooting into the camera.Scorsese did this because the old movie inspired him and he saw henry hill and the protagonist of the other movie as almost the same.

[@sunnyfootyofficial1021]

thank you. This is the actual reason

[@smecking]

I love how it makes us invest emotionally in horrible people. Not like or admire them, but care about who they are and where they're heading. I don't think there is a decent person in the whole damn thing except for Tommy's mom and goddammit if I didn't mourn the death of the most despicable, piece of shit, monstrous psychopath in existence because of his connection to his seemingly sweet and doting (if catastrophically oblivious) mother. Having the scene with her straightening his tie and him kissing her goodbye before he meets his fate was masterful manipulation. The whole movie is like that; filled with little moments that create enormous power.

[@goondocksaints9597]

I've often thought about that scene with Tommy and his mother. It's obvious that she knows he's being 'made', which clarifies any doubt that she didn't know what he was involved in. I think it's an important scene and really puts viewers 'on the fence' about just what you mention. "How innocent are the families of the mobsters?" Is something that most people wonder about. Another part where they mention that "the children are old enough to read the papers" lends to that dynamic as well. You make a great point here, this is a very subtle yet significant angle in the story. If you think about it, as expensive as these movies are to make, all scenes that make it into the film (and many that don't), are so important to the end product.

[@smecking]

+Tom Mullin When the movie came out Ray Liotta met Henry Hill. Liotta described the encounter: 'Henry Hill said to me thanks for not making me look like a scumbag. I was thinking, 'Did you see the movie?'. And so Hill becomes the hero because he's not quite as evil as everyone else. There is a line he won't cross. He won't (or cant) take a life as we learn in that brilliant scene where Henry and Jimmy are sitting in the diner and the camera does that zoom/track shot showing Henry's outside world get smaller and confined while his immediate relationship retains the appearance of normalcy. He accepts the contract with a casual agreement knowing he's lying to the face of a lifelong companion. He's not moral. He's not refusing because he values life. He refuses because he doesn't want to be killed himself. He's fearing for his own safety and at this point in the story he just wants out and to remain free and alive. We know that he is infected with a perverse moral relativism that makes him capable of lying, cheating, stealing and passively associating with death but it's enough to put him in stark contrast to Jimmy and his murder spree that he becomes the hero. We, the viewer are also morally relative as we are pulling for him to succeed. We can almost see ourselves in his position and rationalizing all our own misdeeds.

[@jetyler3400]

Scorsese has spoken a number of times about wanting to show the different sides to ppl that we would usually view just as "criminals " or " bad guys". To see if there is humanity there. to see if we CAN identify with parts of there dreams and desires . This also is essential in telling the rise and fall morality tale that is Goodfellas and Wolf of Wall Street. Scorsese takes us in the ride with these two characters. And usually it's all fun and games and exhilaration until the brutal consequences start to mount. And the price has to be paid for living that life. Goodfellas does this so well. So many of us as children would have seen the glamour and the reward in the life the way Henry did and only later realize we were neck deep in a morass of fear violence and death.

[@TheSuperCommentGuy]

Scorsese creates an almost dystopian world in which everybody's out to take advantage of everybody else, ignoring the law all the way. And then right at the end the good guys (law enforcement) come out of nowhere, like they almost didn't exist before, and suddenly their world all comes crashing down.

[@goondocksaints9597]

TheSuperCommentGuy "..almost dystopian"? Look up dystopian definition.

[@jimlunn]

Oohmage or a Homage if you're in a bar. Superb

[@jediknightjairinaiki560]

I believe the correct pronunciation is "Ah-mig".

[@brianbadonde9251]

@Xalpha23 but it is a French word.. The origin is Old French

[@cvbabc]

Tommy Wammy O'Mally: "There was Jimmie One Time, cuz he only said things one time." Jimmie One Time: "Man this shirt stinks!" Tommy O'Mally: "What?" Jimmie One Time: "...."

[@colek.r5280]

Holy shit you are a dork

[@JasonBlakemoregoogle]

Pallies! #mrshow #chinesedentist

[@Mo-tt3yu]

Mother-father!

[@PaliAha]

This review is so much relatable to me simply because Burr uses an adjective I understand: "FUCKIN'"

[@ahlgrens901]

Yet you didn't understand shit if you think this was a FUCKIN review.

[@_noizmusic]

It's more of an overview of the things Bill enjoyed about it, not a review.

[@crazyjoedavola5430]

The kid saying like a boss at the begining is hilarious... It is a perfect movie....best mob movie ever.

[@elainebenes3068]

Great name 😁

[@crazyjoedavola5430]

@@elainebenes3068 - You too 😺

[@subversive1219]

One thing Bill didn't mention and, I am surprised he didn't, was the soundtrack. I know Bill is into music being, that he is a drummer. Martin Scorsese nailed the soundtrack for this movie, as he always does with any of his movies.

[@ajdc88]

Keep these coming, dude. Fantastic stuff.

[@julioacceus253]

Anyone think Bill sounds like Classic Loitta narrating the whole video?

[@DarkSoul-ds2]

Tommy shooting the gun symbolizes the thrill and essence of being a gangster just as Henry says that life was boring not like the old days

[@jaysmack7445]

Watched it last night. And boom, this was suggested on my YT today? Beautiful.

[@ThePopbanks007]

...or creepy.

[@metalphobos3632]

Bills theory makes a ton of sense. Great video.

[@Elcore]

Listening to Bill Burr discover and try to understand things is how I relax now.

[@agitatedmongoose]

To answer Bill Burr's question (about why that scene is in red): Red is evil (blood too - blood red). Simple as that. Scorcese loves to do that in the evilest of moments in all his movies. Devil. Jack Nicholson doing coke off the belly off a hooker in the Departed is one example. But this can be found in many of his movies. Scorcese has mentioned it many times Or at least once. And I multiplied it. It is why Goodfellas' title font is in printed in Red. And as far as the shot with Tommy at the end shooting, an homage to the Great Train Robbery and Al Jolsen's Jazz Singer on TV, they both happen to be firsts and milestones in Filmmaking. The Great Train Robbery is considered the first full narrative film in 1903 even though it is only like 12 minutes long. And the Jazz Singer is the first full length film with sound. Maybe Scorcese is toying with the idea that Goodfellas is also a milestone film. Which I believe is to be true. So good on him.

[@aepr84]

red background lighting means HELL

[@admtech69]

Scorsese movies require multiple viewings to get the subtleties which are employed. And even then, we are probably missing lots of others. Scorsese is a true artist in the Kubrickian sense.

[@4exgold]

the voiceover accent almost sounds like Ray Liotta's. very good commentary

[@GinoFelino]

I think Scorsese meant to represent the characters literally like demons in HELL

[@drinkthekoolaidkids]

That or that was going to be their fate .

[@plissken2156]

3:55 - The sausages in the pan are cut up into four or five separate pieces. They're also being cooked INSIDE in a small backroom kitchen somewhere. This represents the state of the crew; that it's now pretty much divided and every member in it is now basically on their own, under Federal surveillance, and left to fend for themselves. If you remember from earlier on in the film, there is a scene that takes place during a family backyard cookout where Henry Hill is narrating how the mob is like "the police department for wise guys." The opening shot of that scene is of a coiled up sausage on an OUTDOOR grill. Because it was a good, prosperous time of freedom for the crew and everything was all just one big happy family, the sausage is in one solid piece signifying the unity and solidarity of everyone.

[@raymanderville5301]

Henry Hill showed up at Howard Stern’s radio show years ago . Stern. asked him if he wasn’t concerned with getting wacked as he left , Hill said he wasn’t because anyone who would want him dead was ether in prison , to old or dead . At some point Spider ‘s sister called in & tryed to get him to reveal where her brothers body was buried . He said he didn’t know because if he told her that he would be implicating himself in a crime that has no statute of limitation , so that was that

[@donltoys]

ray manderville damn.. now I want to hear that episode

[@caseyplooy1696]

ray manderville .......... I GOTTA HEAR THAT NOW!!!!!!!

[@caseyplooy1696]

TheDragonOfPoe .......Henry Hill is a rat bitch. Nothing more, nothing less.

[@dissimulii]

@TheDragonOfPoe if you can make peace with god and find redemption after the shit he was involved in, heaven sounds like a pretty dog shit place full of cocksuckers.

[@CSDonohue11]

I was listening to that episode. That’s back when I used to listen to Howard every morning during work.

[@glywnniswells9480]

The best was the guys in prison cooking

[@LANGI902]

"You gotta go on a diet" 😅

[@AzeemKhan-qg7kk]

"Don't put too many onions"

[@mikeluke9404]

Oh your an aristocratic? A reference to the dirtiest joke ever.

[@Armentitron]

What's great is stuff like the red lighting and the shot of Joe Pesci firing the gun is that it's interpretable, like you can find your own meaning in an otherwise already kickass movie

[@ToastyBoi313]

For me it’s a ritual to watch this movie every Christmas

[@drasticwillb]

Then when your kids ask why they didn't get any Christmas presents you say, "You saw the movie. Jimmy told us not to buy anything. It will draw attention."

[@MrLongboarder87]

The reason they use the break lights is because red light doesn’t mess up your night vision like white light does. So when they are driving back from where they buried the body in the woods they can keep the headlight off and still see where they are going. Also red light doesn’t carry as far as white light, so if someone just happens to be in the area they are less likely to see dim red light vs bright white head lights, or the less bright but still noticeable backup lights.

[@southpark645]

Yes the three of them are using the brake lights while no one is in the car holding the brakes. Unless cars were made differently back then, and unless the parking brake was engaged which as far as I know doesn’t engage the brake light, then how are the brake lights on? Bill Burr points out even the sky is red

[@MrLongboarder87]

southpark645 all good monsters have a club in the car for breaking kneecaps and to put on the break or gas pedal and jam the other side into the drive seat. The sky is red because it foggy and the red light is reflecting off of it.

[@southpark645]

MrLongboarder87 ah gotcha, I didn’t know monsters keep those clubs in their cars ;)

[@samt1982]

"Like a boss" always gets me 😂

[@valhallan19]

the whistling like a bird represented henry hill later on 'singing like a bird' aka snitching

[@sicsempertyrannis9024]

I like seeing the analytical intellectual side of Bill.

[@kingofthehill9177]

The best “ like a boss “ opening ever.

[@Stank_Dank_]

This is one of those movies once you find it, it's the only thing you watch on a screen for months

[@you-tubero]

I always felt like Billy bats got his payback in casino lol

[@bfctechllc3996]

RIP Frank Vincent

[@ChrisR395]

4:36 - that clip is from the movie The Jazz Singer which came out in 1927 and was the first feature-length movie with not only a synchronized recorded music score but also lip-synchronous singing and speech in certain points in the film, throughout. It's generally regarded as the movie that ended the silent movie era, so perhaps Scorcese is using it to signify change.

[@warispeace666]

Seen that movie every time its on. It doesn't get old.

[@graefe827]

Can't watch it on "regular" TV. Not the same movie without the curse words.

[@cgh7337]

The movie she's watching is The Jazz Singer. B/T that and The Great Train Robbery Maybe MS was just acknowledging movies that influenced him.

[@vanmoody]

That's Al Jolson isn't it?

[@cgh7337]

+Van PastorMan Yes sir

[@Michele1ELL]

bill "goodbye tootsie goodbyyyeee" lol

[@subcreationsmusicvideos1953]

I think they show the clip of the guy singing because it goes with the fact that Hank's character "Sings" at the end. Meaning he tells the Feds what they want to hear.

[@BOOSETO]

the jazz singer was the first "talkie" Al jolsen speaks on camera as the first person ever"you ain't heard nothing yet" that and the great train robbery, having their two "firsts" put together is what made film the art form it is. narrative story, and dialogue.

[@swod1]

What’s funny is that I find it funny is Bill Burrs reaction to the guy with the cigar. It’s not even the guy with the cigar I find funny. But how Bill feels about it.

[@Buddygrooveknight]

Singing like a bird...

[@bhamss11]

foreshadowing

[@jasonk2518]

very good! i didn't pick up on that but even when he's describing that scene he said why cut to that who's singing like a bird so i think you nailed it

[@theguywhoisaustralian1465]

Like a Canary

[@alexhamel-snapp5390]

Genius

[@IkmelAAA]

Sing like a canary.

[@BboyCorrosive]

Guy on TV whistling, 'singing like a canary' ???

[@chuckschickbaldtacos]

that's why I say...seemed pretty obvious to me that it meant they were gunna rat...

[@ahlgrens901]

Are you telling me that short clip of a guy singing on tv made it pretty obvious that they were going to rat? Or do you mean in hindsight by judging the clip knowing what happens later on it was easy to come to that conclusion?

[@mrmusickhimself]

Holy shit, just got that connection

[@squirestew4u]

the movie she's watching is about a jewish man who is estranged from his family like she is

[@mrmusickhimself]

+squirestew4u Hahaha even more light shed.

[@chamab.6800]

This is probably my favorite gangster movie. Everyone big ups The Godfather but Goodfellas was my generation. I would watch this movie, rewind the tape then watch it again. I loved it. Henry was a straight punk by the end of the movie. I was mortified.

[@bretarmstrong6303]

Yeah that's how I feel. I honestly wasn't a big fan of The Godfather. I know it's like this huge sin to say, but I just was not as into it. I've seen it a couple times, and the story is good, but it seems very drawn out to me. I know I'm gonna get bitched at for this.

[@MetalxMasters]

I was always under the impression that the Joe Pesci shooting at the camera scene was the mob shooting the audience because of what they just witnessed in the movie. The scene pops up out of nowhere if you're watching for the first time and it feels like an allegory for how you'd end up dead by a character you knew so well, a friend, because that's what happened to almost every important mobster in the life at the time; Dead or in jail.

[@JohnWhitakerHRHardball]

The “toot toot tootsie, goodbye” scene (I think) is foreshadowing that Henry is going to sing like a bird

[@Andyson986]

Jolson starred in the first 'talkie'. And Hill ends up talking, sending everyone to prison.

[@MikeJones-cf2uj]

perfect intro for a video about Goodfellas, the greatest movie of all time!

[@thunderstud6701]

Derosas theory about the sausage is something I would have NEVER thought of and its effing brilliant.

[@guyincognito1232]

Hands down my favorite of all time.

[@williamf.buckleyjr3227]

Scorsese is a stickler for TECHNICAL accuracy when he does flicks like this, and he plays with it -- especially if it works, cinematically. The redness is the taillights - in both scenes. Ever open the trunk of a 1970s car on a pitch-black night? Those red taillights will make your face look like a devil mask.

[@jasonthayer7]

Can’t wait for “The Irishman”

[@chocopuffs9161]

Yeah people tend to overanalyze scenes to entertain the thought when its more literal than symbolical.

[@normmacdonaldrules4602]

In the real life story this is the exact thing that got him killed and Hill almost killed. I think this scene is a representational mix of the way Hill himself felt about it and foreshadowing which is a device used in T.V and movies very commonly.

[@darylperrins820]

Some iconic scenes here - lots of them show how S. is a real film fan: the gates of hell/ shallow grave scene for example is in my opinion channelling the classic gothic horror that MS grew up with. The composition of the shot and the low camera angle is the graverobber scene at the beginning of James Whales' Frankenstein, while the blood red back lighting is pure Hammer Horror and Terry Fisher. You don't forget these childhood experiences - the visual memory when you are young is like blotting paper. Tommy coming back is more of a direct homage: this time to Edwin S Porter and The Great Train Robbery- he would have seen that first at film school.

[@Horatio-Monroe]

I haven’t seen it yet.. I’m going to watch this after I’m done..

[@MrBongobongbongo]

foreshadowing that someone will sing like a bird

[@SamsonTheCatFox]

The line in this movie that always got me was, after the "How am I funny" scene and they start laughing it off, Joe Pesci's character says "I wonder about you sometimes Henry, you may fold under questioning." Which is clear foreshadowing of Henry's actions shown at the very *beginning* of the movie. Brilliance!

[@varowan1]

The departed? Pretty much everything he's ever done is a masterpiece.

[@Monkeypole]

The Departed is entertaining but it's no masterpiece, bit cheesy at times. Still a great film though.

[@southpark645]

Kris Faulkner shhh

[@Monkeypole]

@@southpark645 Umm, no.

[@southpark645]

Kris Faulkner lol it’s a joke, you need to lighten up man

[@BourneAccident]

The background is red to signify "hell"... The guy singing Tootsie is Al Jolson signifying to Karen that "it's over"...