De Niro and Scorsese took the ball and ran with it.
The Big Picture Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas is a film that needs no introduction. The definitive mob movie, Goodfellas is not just one of the greatest crime films of all time, but one of the best films ever made period. Full of fantastic performances, the standout of the lot may be Robert De Niro's spine-tingling turn as mobster Jimmy Conway. In the long, fruitful history between De Niro and Scorsese, this may be their best collaboration.
How Much of Jimmy Conway's 'Goodfellas' Story Happened in Real Life? For Martin Scorsese and Nicholas Pileggi's part, a lot of Jimmy Conway was taken wholesale from James Burke's real life, largely because the film was an adaptation of Pileggi's nonfiction book Wiseguy. The book details the life of Henry Hill. The following events were all portrayed in the book.
Robert De Niro Made His 'Goodfellas' Performance as Authentic as Possible Robert De Niro's contribution to portraying James Burke on screen is phenomenal. In terms of authenticity, he took as many steps as possible to copy Burke to a T. For example, in the famed dinner scene at Tommy's mother's house, many people have noted that De Niro puts ketchup on what is seemingly Italian food and that he also applies the ketchup in a manner that nobody really does.
Firstly, the scene is shot beautifully by Michael Ballhaus, the famed cinematographer who worked extensively with both Scorsese and Rainer Werner Fassbinder. The Zolly, or Zoom Dolly shot is used to perfection. Essentially, Ballhaus moves the camera on a dolly while also zooming with a zoom lens, creating an effect where the foreground stays static while the background changes size, creating a feeling of unease. This was first innovated in Vertigo, and was also used to great effect in Jaws.
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