Gangs of New York
In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader. He knows that revenge can only be attained by infiltrating Cutting's inner circle. Vallon's journey becomes a fight for personal survival and to find a place for the Irish people. From TMDB
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60 of 171 · most liked firstsometimes i think about how if you could somehow cut all of the leo and cameron diaz stuff from GANGS OF NEW YORK you would have the single greatest movie ever made about 19th century American urban politics, a film that would appeal to me, specifically
unlabelledView post →I’m no fancy pants film critic, but I think Gangs of New York would qualify as political, and Age of Innocence, and Taxi Driver, and Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, and …
unlabelledView post →Marky Mark in a movie directed by Mel Gibson. They are saying slurs on that set not even heard in Gangs of New York
unlabelledView post →JD Vance is railing about Gangs of New York, and Irish and Italian immigration. Listen instead to the historical consultant on the film and me talk about the movie and the history behind it. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
unlabelledView post →Last night I went to watch Gangs Of New York on amazon and it played The Godfather instead, which is also a movie about gangs of New York.
unlabelledView post →Scorsese is getting up there in age, so I can't imagine that he'd wanna devote time to this, but there's a great movie in Gangs of New York and I wish somebody could have access to all of the original materials and put it together the way he would like it to be.
unlabelledView post →once again watching marty's GANGS OF NEW YORK, a movie whose analysis of "america for americans" reactionary politics has only grown more cogent every year since 2002
unlabelledView post →My wife and teen watched GANGS OF NEW YORK with me and enjoyed it and then asked me questions about history as it relates to the accuracy of the film and I am in the highest possible plane of middle-aged dad heaven
unlabelledView post →Movie Frame Study for Rhodie, ref frame is from Gangs of New York (2002)
unlabelledView post →A few days ago I re-watched Gangs of New York, and it brought home to me something relevant to our present political situation: America’s divisions on immigration, race, class, religion, and ‘foreign influences’ have always been with us. belib.org/ePxiCQ7
unlabelledView post →For accuracy's sake, Vance's exact quote was "has anybody ever seen the movie Gangs of New York?" I was only half-watching the livestream while working on something else when that jumped out at me.
unlabelledView post →if the movie Gangs of New York taught us anything it's that dudes that have been in America slightly longer than someone else have always been colossal douchebags about it
unlabelledView post →Rewatching Gangs of New York today and literally all the crime in this movie happens under the auspices of Bill the Butcher and his association with Tammany Hall. Striking that JD Vance attributed it all to the immigrants but it certainly speaks to where his instincts lie
unlabelledView post →"We can't have immigration because of the 2002 Scorsese film Gangs of New York, in which nativist gangsters terrorized immigrant communities." Truly a dizzying intellect.
unlabelledView post →Gangs of New York style film 150 years from now where there's a meeting gathered with their Know Nothing esque banner, except it's dripped out AI Goofy with a huge gun
unlabelledView post →Yes- and his evidence was the movie “Gangs of New York,” loosely based on historical events of the mid-19th century
unlabelledView post →is the movie Gangs of New York with Daniel Day Lewis based on a real city?
unlabelledView post →you know what's a good movie? Gangs of New York
unlabelledView post →This weeks L4W. Gangs of New York (2002) The Thief of Bagdad (1940) I Know Where I’m Going! (1945) David Lynch: The Art Life (2016) #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #lastfourwatched #filmsky 🎬🍿📽️
unlabelledView post →Gangs of New York is not really a movie about "immigrant crime" lol
unlabelledView post →essentially said that the 2002 DiCaprio film Gangs of New York effectively illustrated why it's bad when brown people live next door to white people
unlabelledView post →3/ If you ever read the book or saw the movie "Gangs of New York", no it wasn't about Leo's character avenging his father's murder. It was purely and simply, this history including the history of literal "Know Nothings". Ironic use of "Native Americans", yes? www.history.com/articles/kno...
unlabelledView post →‘Gangs of New York’ is not a good movie, but is also pretty clearly about anti-immigrant nativists making life hell for new immigrants. Between this and ‘The Boys’ I’m starting to think they don’t understand the arts.
unlabelledView post →I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry– Scorsese's "first political movie." Scorsese. Martin Scorscese. Marty, if you will. Martin Scorsese who famously made the non-political Gangs of New York and Wolf of Wall Street. That Martin Scorsese?
unlabelledView post →I watched a pirated copy of Gangs of New York once that had both English audio and English subtitles, but the subtitles were poorly/hilariously translated. About 20 minutes into the film the subtitles changed to a confession/apology that the guy was terrible at his job, and asked for forgiveness.
unlabelledView post →Here's some storyboard practice I did in high school of Gangs of New York (one of my favorite movies, a Scorsese film). Be gentle, a teen drew this and idek if it's "correct" but that's how much movies mean to me and how devastated I am to see Marty even considering this. FOR STORYBOARDS. Hate this.
unlabelledView post →#NowWatching GANGS OF NEW YORK (2002). Director: Martin Scorsese. Daniel Day-Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio. The only time I walked out of theater after Scorsese pic & said, "Well, that was a mess." Great production & DDL, but convoluted muddle. Let's see if I still think that. #filmsky 📽
unlabelledView post →My ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 review of GANGS OF NEW YORK boxd.it/d80OUf Scorcese's massive epic impresses in visual grandiosity. Wow! DiCaprio's ascent to influence lacks veracity, plot gets bogged down in exposition, & screenplay tries to cover too many topics. But Day-Lewis chews the expensive scenery! #filmsky 📽
unlabelledView post →It’s #Caturday and Daniel Day-Mewis is training for another film role: Gangs of New York 2: The Musical
unlabelledView post →"I also said there was a lot of benefits to that wave of immigration. Has anybody ever seen that movie Gangs of New York? That's what I'm talking about!" ~JD Vance
unlabelledView post →Books to film 📚=🎞️ The Gangs of New York (1928) by Herbert Asbury. Adapted in 2002 by Martin Scorsese. It chronicles the historical account of the 19th-century New York City underworld, focusing on the notorious Five Points district. The movie is a drama based on historical events #booksky #filmsky
unlabelledView post →Watched Gangs of New York and, excellent movie aside, there's two moments with a more contemporary 2000s piece of soundtrack that's so jarring they made me laugh out loud. Brendan Gleason's massive head features throughout 10/10
unlabelledView post →I saw that movie, "Gangs of New York"
unlabelledView post →Gangs of New York was mostly a weird misfire of a movie but the final shot, where the city fades into the modern skyline and you instantly understand that everything the protagonists fought over has been quietly erased by the passage of time is for my money Scorsese’s finest moment.
unlabelledView post →Favorite movie that takes place in NYC. "Gangs of New York" If you've never watched it, you should rectify that. Besides being an outstanding film, the nationalist anti-immigrant subject matter is very timely.
unlabelledView post →Do you ever wildly misjudge how long ago a movie, book, or album came out? Anyway, Gangs of New York came out in 2002. Be right back, I've got to go crumble into dust and blow away.
unlabelledView post →[alt image description: Daniel Day-Lewis as old-timey villain Bill the Butcher in the movie Gangs of New York, saying "CHALLENGE ACCEPTED" and putting a pipe in his mouth]
unlabelledView post →#NovemberMovieChallenge #MovieSky Day 3. World Trade Center in a movie. Gangs Of New York (2002) youtu.be/R-82AGd_Sag
unlabelledView post →Heaven's Gate. A 3.5 hour movie in which every single scene is a complex action shot moving through a crowd like the opening of Gangs of New York. I know there have been "re-evaluations" of this movie because of the cinematography, but dear God, it is tedious.
unlabelledView post →Watched Gangs of New York for the first time in years last night and I have to say: it kinda sucks. Like legit a 2.5/5 star movie with an incredible amount of work done by DDL to bring it up a bit more.
unlabelledView post →Rewatching Gangs of New York and I'd literally forgotten all about Hellcat Maggie (both film version and historical figure) so I'm off down a rabbit hole (pun intended)
unlabelledView post →Watching Gangs of New York for the first time is this movie supposed to be hilarious
unlabelledView post →#AprilMovieChallenge #Moviesky Day 17. Immigrants in a movie. Gangs Of New York (2002)
unlabelledView post →Changed my mind: If I could recommend only one film that you should watch this very minute if you haven't seen it before, it would be "Gangs Of New York". I also think it should be mandatory viewing in high school US History classes with an essay due on the dangers of Nationalism.
unlabelledView post →Gangs of New York has some faults but God damn was this an amazing performance
unlabelledView post →Just checked out Captain from Castile (1947). Like the last film I watched (Gangs of New York), the script needs some work but the film looks amazing. It’s a film about Cortés’s conquest of the Aztec Empire, and they filmed it in Technicolor on the actual sites in Mexico.
unlabelledView post →but yeah Gangs of New York is actually a SUPER Star Wars movie in that it's all about this intricate world of highly detailed and stratified criminal subculture set against a city fat with money and a massive civil war all of which is hinged on a story of honor and revenge and fathers and sons
unlabelledView post →Just caught the tale end of Gangs Of New York… which I never sat entirely through!!! Imagine that!!!! 😲😲😲😮😮😮😲😲😲 🎬🎥🍿 📺📽️ 📼 #FilmSky #MovieSky #DanielDayLewis #Film #Movies #NYC
unlabelledView post →[Watching Gangs of New York] "This Bill the Butcher guy has some insightful political analysis!"
unlabelledView post →[alt video description: Daniel Day-Lewis as Bill the Butcher taking a pipe out of his mouth, saying "CHALLENGE ACCEPTED", and popping the pipe back into his mouth in the movie Gangs of New York]
unlabelledView post →How the fuck did he ever earn money investing.. this guy is not only stupid he's dumb... 'Did you actually watch the movie?' JD Vance's reference to 'Gangs of New York' backfires www.rawstory.com/jd-vance-iri...
unlabelledView post →With some of my newfound time I think I’ll try to see every Daniel Day-Lewis movie that I’ve not yet watched. First up is Gangs of New York
unlabelledView post →March 11, 1855: Bowery Boys gang leader William Poole aka "Bill the Butcher" is buried in Brooklyn with 155 carriages and 6,000 mourners. He was the inspiration for William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting (Daniel Day-Lewis) in Martin Scorsese's 2002 film "Gangs of New York.”
unlabelledView post →Drone Gangs of New York will be a great movie, though.
unlabelledView post →- The Northman - Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon - Unforgiven (anything with/by Clint Eastwood) - Memento - V for Vendetta - Oldboy - Just about any goddamn Tarantino film - Road to Perdition - Leon: The Professional - Gangs of New York - Sweeney Todd - The Princess Bride - Eastern Promises
unlabelledView post →Leonardo DiCaprio and Daniel Day Lewis on the set of GANGS OF NEW YORK 📽️ 🎞️ 🎭 🇺🇸 🗽 #FilmSky #MartinScorsese #Actors #SetPhotos via Cinesthetic on TwiX
unlabelledView post →We'd never see a movie hate anteaters like this until Gangs of New York. Hold on. [covers the mic, confers with his affiliates] Sorry. I've been informed that Gangs of New York does NOT contain any anti-anteater rhetoric. (Also, "any anti-anteater" is a mouthful. Yeesh.) #MST3K #MST3KTurkeyDay
unlabelledView post →my hot film take is that Gangs of New York is good actually
unlabelledView post →Unless I’m forgetting something, I believe this is the 3rd time a Scorsese film went 0 for 10 on Oscar night 🫤 First GANGS OF NEW YORK, then THE IRISHMAN and now KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON #Oscars2024
unlabelledView post →Relaxing from finishing our work, we’re watching Gangs of New York , insanely prescient film, plus history repeating itself
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