As a number of Reddit commentators noted yesterday, the film did not even describe itself as “based on” a true story, it opted for the lesser “inspired by.” On location that night, as Gosling and Brolin grabbed their machine guns to have it out with Sean Penn, the main producer, Dan Lin, termed the unfolding action as, most basically, “Boys with toys.” In real life, the men of the LAPD’s Gangster Squad indeed carried Thompson submachine guns to intimidate hoods like Mickey but never once fired them. made no secret of the cinematic liberties being taken. The embellishment should surprise no one familiar with the ways of Hollywood, or the conventions of films on small, elite crews of crime-fighters such as “The Magnificent Seven” or “The Untouchables” – a couple of the good guys are going to bite the dust before the rest prevail over the forces of evil. hotel where the film’s Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) was holed up. In the film version of “Gangster Squad,” in contrast, one of the squad had already been knocked off by Mickey’s men and another was about to get it in the shootout being staged as Gosling and Josh Brolin stormed an historic L.A. And the only one killed after the squad was formed, the giant Texan “Jumbo” Kennard, died not in a hail of bullets but when his car struck a bus on a rain-soaked Wilshire Boulevard after a night of drinking. I told Gosling that of the eight original members of the squad, two had been shot and wounded on the job, but before they joined the unit. film version of “Gangster Squad” was preparing to stage the movie’s final confrontation – a wild Tommy Gun shoot-‘em-up between the crew of LAPD cops and the henchmen of the hoodlum Mickey Cohen – Ryan Gosling asked me, “Did any of these guys get killed?” By these guys he meant the real-life members of the real Gangster Squad, which was formed by the Los Angeles Police Department back in 1946 to battle the real Mickey Cohen and other mob figures following a series of shootings that threatened L.A.’s image as America’s sun-washed Garden of Eden. So if you want to know what was true, and what was Hollywood dramatization, shoot me questions (not bullets). I spent more than a decade chronicling the real Los Angeles Police “Gangster Squad” that inspired the current film…and considerable debate on Reddit yesterday. My fingers are tingling and my brain numb from trying to answer all the provocative questions. I highly recommend this movie.Thanks, everyone. Overall, A Bronx Tale is a fine experience of cinema with a wonderful story. Some important events were perhaps too close together but it was still entertaining and quite moving. At two hours long, it consists of a large epic story of a young man trying to make it through a part of New York. The idea of this movie was what made it so intriguing. He was unimpressive, but effective for a movie that was by no means perfect in the first place. He plays the father who is concerned with his son's well being and is just your normal flat character. Robert De Niro's character on the other hand, is very bold. I found this to be quite interesting in this type of genre. He is very tough with a community that he loves and basically runs but is also very protective and guiding to many people. Sonny(Palminteri) is the example of a split personality with a criminal. But this is the first one I have seen to actually make him somewhat of a saint. This is not the first movie I have ever seen to make the gangster out to be a some what nice guy. Faced with racism and a crime-based community, learns his own morals from a strand of tough events. A father(Robert De Niro) who stresses the importance of honest work, teaches his son values in 1960's New York as a distrusting mobster(Chazz Palminteri) also shares his perspective and becomes some what of a father figure to the kid.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |