Post by Spike Del Rey on Feb 4, 2019 15:17:50 GMT
Just re-watched this last night, I needed a three-hour movie to fill the time during the NFL Suckfest. It truly is an excellent film, and shows how effective an actor DeNiro can be in an understated, quiet role instead of the somewhat bombastic ones people normally think of when he's brought up. I agree with onethreetwo 's assessment of Nick at the end; if he still has the presence of mind to send money to Steven (and how did he know where he was, or that he was even alive?) then why wouldn't he have recognized Michael right away and said something like "Damn buddy, what took you so long? Let's get the hell outta this shithole!" It also struck me every time John Cazale was on screen how wonderful an actor he was, and what a tragedy that he was taken so early.