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  • CategoryFiction
  • LanguageEnglish
  • Pages400
  • Published2020
  • File size8.4 MB
  • FormatPDF
  • ISBN9781335016508

Key ideas from the book

  • The book examines the making of Martin Scorsese’s film Goodfellas.
  • Interviews with major participants, including Scorsese, Robert De Niro, and Joe Pesci, inform its account.
  • It considers the film’s influence on popular culture and later filmmakers.
  • It explores Goodfellas’ place in the development of the gangster picture.
  • It discusses the film’s continuing cultural legacy three decades after its premiere.

About Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas by Glenn Kenny

Glenn Kenny’s Made Men is a nonfiction history of Goodfellas, tracing the film’s making and its lasting place in American cinema and popular culture. Published in 2020 for the film’s thirtieth anniversary, the book looks at how its influence helped shape later filmmaking and the gangster picture.

Kenny draws on interviews with key figures including Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, and Joe Pesci. Readers interested in film history, behind-the-scenes accounts, crime cinema, or the cultural legacy of Goodfellas will find a focused account of the film and its afterlife.

About Glenn Kenny

Glenn Kenny is an American film critic and author whose writing explores cinema, filmmakers, and movie history. He has contributed to publications including The New York Times and Film Comment, and is known for books such as Robert De Niro: Anatomy of an Actor and Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas. His work combines close attention to films with an interest in the people and creative choices behind them.

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