![]() ![]() ![]() The book Wiseguy is far more illuminating into the details of criminal life, and Pileggi details a good many of the scams Henry Hill ran, such as sabotaging college football games to secure a safe bet, or systematically cheating restaurants.Ī good deal of the book’s content is the result of access to the FBI surveillance tapes of ‘wiseguys,’ the result of bugs in cars, restaurants and hideouts. Interestingly, many of the parts in the book did not make the film, for example Paulie’s son, what happened to people who showed Paulie disrespect and the details of various scams beyond theft and drug dealing. ![]() Few parts of the book are interested in specific incidents, but more a general description of what the people were like and what went on. His research into the life of Henry Hill spans further and wider than the film, but it lacks the drama and sense of reality which the film captures so perfectly. ![]() Pileggi, a seasoned crime journalist, includes a great many aspects which clearly were essential to the cinematic feel. Many of the details which make Goodfellas a compelling and involving experience are reflections of detail included in Nicholas Pileggi’s book Wiseguy. Goodfellas is a film which lives and breathes life, a criminal life set in a world unfolded by convincing narration and a visual style which is perhaps the finest mix yet seen of visceral life and the artist’s eye. CJ Wood on the transformation of Nicholas Pileggi’s book Wiseguy into Martin Scorcese’s film epic Goodfellas ![]()
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