Gangs Of New York For my research paper I decided to write a film analysis on The Gangs of New York. This film was released in 2002 and it follows the life of an Irish man named Amsterdam (Leonardo DeCaprio) during the late 19th century. The film is centered on an area called “five points.” Its name comes from the intersection of 5 streets- Mulberry‚ Orange‚ Little Water‚ Cross and Anthony St. The center was a place where the poor lived because it always had a stench of sewage. The town square
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After seeing his father brutally murdered by the leader of the native gang‚ Amsterdam Vallon makes it his mission to avenge his father’s death. He comes back to the Five Points district in New York and joins an old friend‚ Johnny Sirocco‚ to learn the ropes of the area. While doing so‚ Vallon gains the trust of his father’s assassin‚ William “The Butcher” Cutting‚ and is taken under his wing. Young Amsterdam falls in love with the local beauty and pickpocket Jenny Everdeane‚ but in doing so angers
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Gangs of New York‚ is a movie rich in plot‚ significant setting and historical information. It is also full of cultural and economic differences which carry the movie forward. It tells us of a time that tensions exist between the Irish immigrants and the natives‚ both of which are trying to find their place in the “world” and claim a land for their own. A movie overwhelmed by anger‚ resentment‚ pain‚ chaos and shallow happiness‚ that is wrapped up in a most unsettling way. It begins with a gang battle
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The movie begins in New York‚ in 1843‚ with a gang fight. Bill "the butcher" Cutting’s gang of "nativists" have challenged the "dead rabbits" (a gang of mostly Irish immigrants) to a fight to settle once and for all who is the most powerful gang in the area. After an intense battle the "nativists" win by killing the leader of the "dead rabbits"‚ also Amsterdam’s (the main character’s) father. Amsterdam is then led into an orphanage where he grows to be a man‚ all while Bill Cutting runs the Five
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Corruption in the Gangs of New York The Gilded Age‚ or as it is commonly referred to as‚ the era of corruption‚ took place in 1877 to 1900. This time period was most effectively portrayed in the novel and movie‚ The Gangs of New York‚ which was written by Herbert Asbury. The Gangs of New York focused on a time of political corruption during a period of massive increase in immigration in New York. In this essay I will discuss three themes: immigration‚ Political machines‚ and bad situations‚ that
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immigration is seen as a problem with our new president. Our president has made decisions against immigration solely because of stereotypes that have been around for centuries. A great film that replicates the first sign of U.S. immigration and it’s first stereotypes in the late 1800s is Gangs of New York (2002). This movie takes place in New York where at this time there was a huge flow of a variety of Immigrants that had no one to relate to other than their own gang (people). A more present representation
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The most amazing place that I ever visited is New York. It is also called the city that never sleeps‚ The capital of the world‚ The big apple or Empire city. This city has many places to visit‚ some of these places are: The famous statue of liberty‚ The Empire State Building‚ Central Park‚ Times Square‚ the popular 5th Avenue‚ and more places. I will talk about those in this essay. Also i will explain why New York is the most amazing city I’ve ever been. I will talk about the places that
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The City So Nice They Named It Twice: New York‚ New York When you associate anything with New York City it is usually the extraordinary buildings that pierce the sky or the congested sidewalks with people desperate to shop in the famous stores in which celebrities dwell. Even with my short visit there I found myself lost within the Big Apple. The voices of the never-ending attractions call out and envelop you in their awe. The streets are filled with an atmosphere that is like a young child on
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Gangs of New York is just perfect entertainment. It is an enthralling‚ bloody‚ melodramatic epic that more than justifies its two and one half hour running time. In Gangs director Martin Scorsese spins another tale of the New York underworld but with a twist. Instead of the mid-twentieth century organized crime milieu of Goodfellas‚ Scorsese ventures back to the 19th century to show us the origin of the modern street gang. It’s the early 1860s and the notorious Five Points slum is ruled by the
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Martin Scorsese’s latest film‚ Gangs of New York is a failed anti-war film. It is 165 minutes of some of the most violent footage ever seen in a film intended for mainstream entertainment. As a fan of Scorsese’s‚ I have to say that even the brutality of Good Fellas could not have prepared me for the assault that is the experience of watching this film. Even leaving aside the violence‚ I admit that I am mystified by all the hoopla surrounding Gangs of New York. Leonardo Di Caprio only slightly adapts
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