Goodbye Henry Hill
I don’t know if you saw this, but Henry Hill passed away from heart complications recently. I know he doesn’t have much to do with the nerd world (in fact he is as far removed from nerds as you can be without being from another planet (without nerds)) but as a fan of movies I couldn’t not acknowledge the influence his book, Wiseguy, had on gangster movies.
As any movie buff knows, his book was the basis for one of the greatest gangster movies of all times, Goodfellas with Ray Liotta, Joe Peschi, and the great Robert DiNiro. Of course, all that is aside from the fact that it was directed by the amazing Martin Scorsese. If you have never seen it I don’t know what kind of bubble your parents have you locked in but break out immediately and go rent it.
By all reports Henry outlived his expected lifespan by several decades and lived a pretty fun and wild life, so I don’t feel too bad about him. I used to hear him on the Howard Stern show and he didn’t sound all that remorseful for the crimes he committed (including murder), but he did manage to help set the mold for gangster movies, so I guess I am sad to see him go.
The Goodfellas image comes to us courtesy of the Movie T-Shirt category. Thanks for reading. Coming up-more on Italy.
Dave
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