Milestone In Movie-making

Rating: Null/10 (4 June 2003)

Narration by Ray Liota and Lorraine Bracco. The background music that fits every scene like a glove. The incredible acting by the cast. The incisive screenplay and dialog with the best Sicilian accent and humor. The brilliant direction by the Four Best directors in North America (the others being-Coppola, Wise and Wyler) The casting is the key to the marvel of these evergreen classics. Gangster movies or any movie that brings the sinister side of the human psyche, have a certain edge over the goody goody sugar coated flicks, since they donot give the opportunity to bring the best of the talent in the cast. This is one of the movies where every scene is etched in my memory, because of the sheer directorial brilliance in story telling and editing. This is a milestone in movie-making.