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[Gangster Cinema Central @GangsterCinema]

Quentin Taratino said Lawrence Fishburne’s performance in King of New York was so incredible he thought - “he could be the greatest actor of his generation”. He explains:

"As great as Christopher Walken is in this movie. To me, it's Larry Fishburne's movie - it was the rock that becomes a diamond aspect of the movie. It's why I could defend this movie against all comers, because to me, Fish's performance in this movie was comparable to a young Brando.

It was the most exciting performance by an actor of his generation that I'd seen in a movie of that time. And I thought, well, that's it. There is a new Marlon Brando, and his name is Larry Fishburne - it was amazing, it was mesmerizing…

He is the first hip hop gangster in movie history. That character had never been done before this. He invented that character. And he invented it as something to do. It wasn't in the original script. He came up with that himself…

The three big Fishburne moments to me, is his opening sequence with…Tito. That's it, with Tito - black glove dude. And his reunion with Frank. And then it's the chicken scene (see below). Those are his three big arias.

Not only that though - expressions that I would later hear for the rest of the decade, I actually heard for the first time in that scene.

I'd never heard the expression; “I'll slap the black off you” before. That was the first time I heard it when Fish says it to Snipes. I've since heard it many times…

And that was actually the first time I ever heard, “fuck you very much”. And I would proceed to hear that for the rest of the 90s. But those were the first times I'd ever heard those expressions…

As terrific as he has been in other things - the level of excitement that I had over him when this movie was over, I have never had that excitement again. I thought, with this, he could be the greatest actor of his generation. That was an actual, real fucking thing. He could be the greatest actor of his generation after seeing this."

Quote comes from The Rewatchables podcast

[Gangster Cinema Central @GangsterCinema]

Scarface is widely regarded as a classic today, but when it first came out, the reception was brutal. Steven Bauer, who played Manny, says it was so painful that for years he and Al Pacino barely even spoke about the film. He explains…

“Scarface is great to be a part of now. For years, it was dismal - like everybody associated with Scarface was a leper - people got very wimpy about Scarface really quickly. As soon as the reviews were out…

Our peers came to see the movie in the premiere, right? There were two premieres, one in New York, one in LA, and people came to see it and they were like, ‘Wow, what a movie….

The next day, the reviews are out, and all the papers — this is before the internet, okay? - so you get just the conventional news media outlets - and 90% of them gave Scarface a horrible review. Like horrible, really, really insulting, injurious stuff. Personal attacks on Pacino and Brian De Palma, the director, and on Oliver, the writer...

It was really, really mean because the country was going through a politically correct sort of thing - they were like, "This is like a new wave of violence in the movies, oh!"

It’s nice because when I see Al - we can finally talk about it, because...for years, we couldn’t even talk about it. We’d be like, “Oh yeah, Scarface, yeah, yeah...” It was so sad! Because the movie was so great! And then it was like this thud, and it lasted like 10 years…

Anywhere I’d go, it was like, ‘You’re that guy who was really good in that really terrible movie.’ And I’d be like, ‘How could you say that?’ And they’d go, ‘Well, you were good.’ And I’m like, ‘Okay, but I don’t care. What about the movie?’ And they go, ‘Oh, come on, you gotta admit it. It was like way over the top. It was like so exaggerating,’ blah, blah, blah, blah.…and I’d be like, ‘You’re a pussy!”

[Retro Recall (☥𝐃𝐁) @RetroMoviesDB]

Predator 2 (1990)

The Dance Off will forever remain one of the greatest behind the scenes moments in cinema history.

[Chicago Bulls Archive @BullsArchive]

One of the most exciting players to ever wear a Bulls jersey.

Happy Birthday, @nate_robinson! 🥳

[CINEMATIC_BUZZ🍿🎥 @1cinematiczone]

Bros actually so smart tf 😳

[Camsiyo @Camsiyonna1]

The Choreography in this scene is insane. I like how the people that aren’t directly fighting Neo aren’t just standing around or looking the fight.

[Chicago Bears @ChicagoBears]

Oh yeah, we're SO back 🙂‍↕️

[Kevín @KevOnStage]

A 9 year old rapping about 9 year old things.

[Chicago History ™️ @Chicago_History]

"Yo Body" by Chicago Icons Twista, Do Or Die, and the late great Johnny P, was released on July 14, 2009 as part of Twista's seventh album: Category F5.

As soon as you heard this track, you knew it was gonna be a forever classic. That beat just defines Chicago Hip-Hop at its finest.

#ChicagoHistory ☑️

[BLACK FLAG 💨🏴🇺🇸 @FlagBlack007]

Boyz n the Hood wasn't just a movie... 🍿

[Lilaa @_uwomy]

The fact he was dead ass serious is SENDING MEEEEE 😭😭😂

[The Introverted Joy 🤍 @joyalana_]

Eve performing ‘Hot Boyz’ verse (2001)

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

Before Christmas 2011, Christopher Nolan screened the first six minutes of The Dark Knight Rises for Edgar Wright, Michael Bay, and Jon Favreau.

The goal was simple: prove to his fellow directors that IMAX 70mm delivered a superior image to digital.

[Time Capsule Tales @timecaptales]

When the world first reported on camera phones back in 2001

[Hoop Herald @TheHoopHerald]

Derrick Rose in High School 🌹

YIKES

[Chicago History ™️ @Chicago_History]

20 Years ago, The Chicago Bears won the NFC, and they did it with one of the scariest, most menacing Defenses, to ever take the field.

#ChicagoHistory ☑️

[Adam Smith @Smittyverse_]

Take whatever wife slapper Dana White has to say about men’s mental health, ignore it, then listen to what an actual man like Macho Man Randy Savage says regarding handling male emotions

[CAPTAIN CEEBEE 🏴‍☠️🐻⬇️ @Bears_Hype_Man]

May the 4th be with you 🐻⬇️

[Robert Griffin III @RGIII]

Michael Jackson’s drummer, Jonathan Moffett, performing “Smooth Criminal is INCREDIBLE.

Sugarfoot had my hand slapping the table the whole time.