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Goodfellas screening, BFI

20 Jan 17 – 09 Feb 17, Times vary

Spend a sublime couple of hours with Robert De Niro and the rest of the Goodfellas cast by watching Scorsese's gangster masterpiece

By CW Contributor on 17/1/2017

Ray Liotta – Goodfellas, Martin Scorsese film
Ray Liotta – Goodfellas, Martin Scorsese film
Goodfellas screening, BFI Goodfellas screening, BFI Matthew Robinson
‘You know, we always called each other ‘goodfellas’ – like you’d say to somebody, ‘you’re gonna like this guy, he’s alright, he’s a goodfella, he’s one of us.’ You understand? We were goodfellas.’



But the characters in Goodfellas (1990), Martin Scorsese’s gangster masterpiece, are anything but good. They’re violent, greedy, sentimental, and tasteless, with tempers so quick they break the sound barrier. They’re about as bad as fellas get, which naturally makes for an exhilarating film.


What makes Goodfellas so compelling is the sense of perspective Scorsese has on his anti-heroes (a perspective lacking in his later The Wolf of Wall Street). The director understands what makes the characters pathetic as well as charismatic, and diminishes them as often as he lionises them. It helps that the performances are consistently excellent, with Joe Pesci winning an Oscar for his demonic turn as Tommy DeVito.


Also starring Robert DeNiro and Ray Liotta, Goodfellas is being screened at the BFI Southbank as part of their Martin Scorsese season. Catch anything from Taxi Driver and Raging Bull to Shutter Island and Gangs of New York on the big screen until the end of February.


What Goodfellas screening, BFI
Where BFI Southbank, Belvedere Road, Southbank, London, SE1 8XT | MAP
Nearest tube Waterloo (underground)
When 20 Jan 17 – 09 Feb 17, Times vary
Price £8.35 - £11.75
Website Click here to book tickets



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