Martin Scorsese is best known for his gangster films,especially biographical gangster epics based on real people or events.It can be said that Scorsese’s attempts in the gangster genre both inherited the traditional American gangster films and enriched them with his unique artistic style,and made an indelible contribution to the expansion of this genre by offering criticism.In 2019,Martin Scorsese returns to the gangster genre with his masterpiece The Irishman.Although The Irishman is a profound film on its own,the only way to bring out its full charm is to link it to Scorsese’s earlier works.By comparing the similar camera design and filming techniques in the two films,as well as the cultural changes behind them,this paper focuses on the inherent connection between The Irishman and Goodfellas,and tries to explore how The Irishman draws on the elements in Goodfellas to finally accomplish thematic sublimation and reach new heights in the aesthetics of gangster films.
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