Constantly imitated

Rating: Null/10 (4 March 2001)

Even Martin Scorcese imitated his own film with "Casino". Quentin Tarantino, Paul Thomas Anderson, and a host of other wannabes have imitated the tone, the camera work and the style, but all they managed to do is imitate it. "Goodfellas" set the tone for the Gen-X 90's mobster flick (previously always done in the style of Coppola's more mannered "The Godfather"). Rather than Italian music, it used 70's music like Sid Vicious and other performers. Tarantino, Ritchie, and Anderson only wish they had Scorcese's style. Unfortunately, Scorcese wishes he had this style these days, too.