Goodfellas

Goodfellas arrived in theatres at a time when the mob movie was in transition. In the early '90s, with the help of Scorsese’s hit, the sub-genre moved from glamorizing gangsters with melodramatic outings like Once Upon A Time In America and The Untouchables to depicting their harsher, bloodier side in the likes of Carlito’s Way, The King of New York, and Donnie Brasco. Scorsese himself continued, with The Departed, the Goodfellas-style epic The Irishman, and Casino, to offer more nuanced looks into the minds and souls of people for whom violence was a fact of life.

Goodfellas study guide contains a biography of Martin Scorsese, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.He modeled much of his directing style on the French New Wave films of Truffaut and Godard from the 1960s; the film is packed with compact and fast-paced scenes to heighten momentum and excitement in the pace of the film. Many of Scorsese's directorial stamps stand out in Goodfellas.