GoodFellas
Films that shaped it
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Amarcord, for me, is perhaps his greatest achievement, a portrait of memory, a vision of a time and place that is both specific and universal. It's a film that resonates deeply with me, particularly when I explore themes of community and recollection in my own work, like Goodfellas or Casino.
Films it shaped
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City of God is the most internationally visible Brazilian film since Cinema Novo, and it carries that tradition's political commitment alongside its kinetic energy. Glauber Rocha's Cinema Novo manifesto demanded films about Brazilian poverty made with Brazilian aesthetic energy. Meirelles answered that call four decades later. But the direct ancestor is Pixote, Héctor Babenco's 1980 film about street children in São Paulo, which is rawer, more devastating, and less widely seen. Pixote is on MUBI.
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Florian Ballhouse... is the son of Michael Ballhouse... And I'd say he approaches The Devil Wears Prada with a very similar lyricism.
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...the latter practically playing like a legacy sequel to Good Fellas and Mean Streets, exploring and following up on similar ideas...
