Goodfellas
Goodfellasis a rarefied movie that has a last fit that ’s as memorable as its first , which involves the brutal killing of a human beings in a car trunk . It now stands as one of the most iconic mob films of all time because of its exquisite storytelling and stern optical mental imagery . Goodfellasis based on the real life of New York mobster Henry Hill , which was recorded by crime journalist Nick Pelaggi in the non - fiction bookWiseguy . As criminal offense stories often do , the moviecontinues to invoke to fresh audiences .
Before addressing the perplexing , final gunshots inGoodfellas , it ’s important to understand the story that was told up to that point . Henry Hill(Ray Liotta ) becomes involved as a tiddler with the mafia after befriend Jimmy Conway ( Robert De Niro ) . This human relationship turn over time and extends to include a real manslayer ’s row of unsavory characters , include uttermost sluttish shank Tommy DeVito ( Joe Pesci ) . Together Henry , Jimmy , and Tommy are the real take forces ofGoodfellas . The motion-picture show follow their illegal exploits , including bumping enemy off , trafficking drugs , and committing robbery - including the Lufthansa heist at JFK airport , which was inspire by a real antic during which more than $ 5 million was stolen . Tommy DeVito also meets his own premature demise , and yet , it is he who shows up tear a gun directly at the camera at the remnant .
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The logical thinking for the gunshots in the final tantrum ofGoodfellaswas given by conductor Martin Scorsese in an on - camera interview for theAmerican Film Institute ( AFI ) . He suppose that he was paying homage toThe Great Train Robbery , an 11 - hour mum movie from 1903 . According to Scorsese , the plot of ground ofGoodfellasandThe Great Train Robberyare the same . Scorsese said , " Basically , in Goodfellas , there ’s a bunch of outlaws who do this incredible robbery , and they all toss off each other . The police get them at the end . It ’s precisely the same story . “The Great Train Robberyends with one mankind , wearing a lid and neckerchief , firing a gun like a shot at the camera , and that ’s whyGoodfellasends with Tommy shooting in the same manner .
Unlike the mustachioed coin bank robber in the sinister - and - white film , Tommy DeVito is smartly fit out in a suit and Stetson and repeatedly shoots a six-shooter as the mournful and sloppy Sid Vicious translation of " My Way " plays . The vocal wails out the wrinkle , " Regrets , I ’ve had a few , but then again , too few to mention . " It ’s appropriate encapsulation of theGoodfellasaftermath because Henry Hill never seemed to repent anything .
Tommy shoot inGoodfellas’final tantrum is an artful , although confusing , consequence because it interrupt a dig ofHenry Hill , who has take the stand against his gangster friends and is now living aliveness in the viewer tribute program as a " shnook . " This sudden and startling cut to gunfire has nothing to do with finishing the story . It ’s plainly amaster film maker ’s non - diegetic insert that connectsGoodfellastoThe Great Train Robbery , one of the oldest know narrative flick .
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