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This may seem like a strange question, but did he have his own documentary made about him a few years ago?
Probably, he's been on various shows and interviews over the years, he only started his own Youtube channel in the past year or so.
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Re: Goodfellas, I don't know how much it factors into my general lukewarm reaction to it; I mean, it shouldn't, but I pretty much hate every single character in it. I've always felt that is why I can't ultimately connect with the film beyond thinking "it's fun" or "it was good". I had a similar reaction to The Wolf of Wall Street and, to a lesser extent, to Casino. Most of Scorsese's films leave me the same way
I have this same feeling about Goodfellas and Wolf of Wall Street. There is also a sense of the movie admiring its reprehensible characters in a way that makes it a bit of an uncomfortable viewing experience for me. Goodfellas and The Godfather are both about bad people, both stylised in some way, but there's a difference in the attitude in the way they are presented.

While I'm on the unpopular opinion train, I might as well mention that I don't like Apocalypse Now either.



Didn't vote for it! It's not even the best Naruse and I didn't vote for any Naruse for that matter!
how dare you, kudaranai ningen!

don't say you did not pick Carmen Comes Home either


I think it's pretty safe to say that

NO MOVIES FROM M LIST MADE IT!!!
it's because you picked the WRONG setsuko hara film!
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don't say you did not pick Carmen Comes Home either
A Kino****a on my list, yes, but not that one.

it's because you picked the WRONG setsuko hara film!
No Setsuko Hara movies on my list.
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Probably, he's been on various shows and interviews over the years, he only started his own Youtube channel in the past year or so.
After seeing part of the review, I can confirm this.

He was the subject of a 2014 documentary called God the Father covering his transformation from being an underboss of the Colombo crime family to finding God.

Looking at his channel, not only does he cover mafia movies, but he also examines various things using his insight as a former member of the mob.




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8. Raiders of the Lost Ark


Director

Steven Spielberg, 1981

Starring

Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, John Rhys-Davies



Fun Fact

As alluded to earlier, Raiders of the Lost Ark is one of two remaining films to not be first on anyone's ballot. The other appears tomorrow. Raiders, in fact, isn't second on anyone's ballot, either. But it's ranked this high because it has three 3rd place votes, two 4th place votes, one 5th, and three 6th. Nobody had it as their first or second choice, but nine different people put it in their top six.



Perhaps "best" means something different to you than to others, by which I mean not just that tastes differ, but that people also measure these things along different axes.



Perhaps "best" means something different to you than to others, by which I mean not just that tastes differ, but that people also measure these things along different axes.
I think that is 100% what is happening here.



Well, I don't know if you saw any of them, but there were many, many exchanges in the balloting thread (and some in this one) about the possible distinctions between "best" and "favorite," and how to measure films that are influential versus enjoyable, or impressive/admirable versus, well, fun. I actually incline more towards the former than most on all those questions (as it seems like you do, as well), but it's not a solved question and it doesn't have an objective answer.



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Gonna chuck this up now for giggles

2010 vs 2020 Comparison  


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10. The Matrix >> Citizen Kane
09. Jaws >> Apocalypse Now
08. The Big Lebowski >> Indiana Jones And The Raiders Of The Lost Ark
07. The Departed >>
06. Fight Club >>
05. Taxi Driver >>
04. Indiana Jones: Raiders Of The Lost Ark >>
03. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope >>
02. Pulp Fiction >>
01. The Godfather >>



I think of Raiders as the greatest of all adventure films. I still remember seeing it at the movies, people were gasping and applauding. Nobody had ever seen anything like that before.





Raiders of the Lost Ark was #2 on the MoFo '80s List.
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YEAH! My top Spielberg movie and my number 4! I am SO happy my only Spielberg pic became the highest rated Spielberg film here (not likely that Jurassic Park will get on, although that's my number 2). Btw, here's the updated list.

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  • Alfred Hitchcock: North By Northwest (57), Rear Window (40), Psycho (27), Vertigo (19)
  • Steven Spielberg: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (89), Saving Private Ryan (83), Schindler's List (41), Raiders of the Lost Ark (8)
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  • James Cameron: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (71), The Terminator (56), Aliens (37)
  • Peter Jackson: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (42), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (28), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (11)
  • Stanley Kubrick: A Clockwork Orange (32), The Shining (21), Dr. Strangelove (12)
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  • Akira Kurosawa: Ikiru (95), Seven Samurai (26)
  • Andrej Tarkovsky: Andrej Rublev (67), Stalker (25)
  • Billy Wilder: The Apartment (84), Sunset Boulevard (53)
  • Coen Brothers: No Country for Old Men (51), The Big Lebowski (18)
  • David Fincher: Fight Club (52), Se7en (49)
  • Francis Ford Coppola: The Godfather Pt. II (35), Apocalypse Now (9)
  • John Carpenter: Halloween (44), The Thing (20)
  • Martin Scorsese: Raging Bull (49), Taxi Driver (14)
  • Milos Forman: Amadeus (50), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (33)
  • Paul Thomas Anderson: Magnolia (74), There Will Be Blood (60)
  • Robert Zemeckis: Forrest Gump (65), Back to the Future (34)
  • Roman Polanski: Rosemary's Baby (91), Chinatown (17)
  • Sergio Leone: Once Upon a Time in the West (31), The Good, the Bad & the Ugly (23)
  • Victor Fleming: Gone with the Wind (55), The Wizard of Oz (36)