lucky luciano ( film )
the usa makes a gift to the mafia by deporting mobster lucky luciano in francesco rosi' s epic political gangster film .
biopic of mafia boss lucky luciano, covering his life from 1946 to 1962 with occasional flashbacks .
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charles
lucky
luciano arrives in new yorkcity, teaming with meyer lansky and bugsy siegel, in the opener of this docudrama chronicling the roots of organized crime ...
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tim newark, lucky luciano: mafia murderer and secret agent, mainstream publishing, edinburgh, 2011, p. 11 .
equal opportunity gangster
lucky
luciano gains power in the new york underworld during prohibition. when two bosses start a mob war, luciano plans to kill them both .
when lucky luciano is deported in the mid - forties, far more modern buildings can be seen on the new york skyline .
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pretty good mafia film. no where as good as goodfellas. but not bad
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– the eponymous italian industrialist – may not be immediately familiar to non - italian audiences, there are surely few who have not heard of the subject of the second film, the notorious mafioso charles “lucky” luciano. in his recent biography of the sicilian - born mobster, tim newark points out that :
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certainly more dirt and ugliness. lucky luciano fits perfectly in italian genre cinema, namely the political thriller genre. while rosi pretends this is a biopic about one of the most notorious mafia figures of the 20th century, the screentime of the titular figure is limited. rosi is also interested in the political and police climate that surrounded the mafia. lucky luciano reminds us more than once that he was eye to eye with…
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after serving nine years of his 50 - year sentence in the 1930s and 1940s lucky luciano is pardoned and deported to italy, where he finds himself under a continued investigation. detailed and meticulously played character study with some unclear political pretensions .
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the story follows the history of charles
lucky luciano
who rose to power in the mafia in the u. s. during the 1920s and made it into a successful venture based on the corporate model. the... see full summary »
( playing himself) seated alone in a vast conference room discussing a strategy to ensnare luciano. in a quasi -
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making of the mob, is an eight - part docudrama that begins in 1905 and spans more than 50 years, tracing the original five families that led to the modern american mafia, including the rise of charles lucky luciano, meyer lansky and benjamin bugsy siegel .
for the first 25 years of his criminal career, charles “lucky” luciano was a vicious mobster who rose to become the multi - millionaire king of the new york underworld. for the next 25 years of his life, luciano was a legend – but a fake master criminal without real power, his evil reputation manipulated and maintained by government agents who put him behind bars. (2 )
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vito genovese and carlo gambino finally make their move. when genovese becomes a liability, luciano must choose an heir to lead the mob .
( coppola, 1974) but purposely avoids the unabashed romanticism of those two (canonical) works. there is an overriding sobriety to rosi’s film, with cinematographer
sound overlap, creating the somewhat surreal impression of convulsing bodies dancing to the music at luciano’s dinner as they continue to be riddled with bullets .
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american guest stars like steiger, vincent gardenia and edmund o' brien turn up, sometimes speaking italian when you wouldn' t necessarily expect it, which is the film' s sole departure from documentary realism. the sprawling scope and impressive scale show how a realistic film can also be big and cinematic and full - blooded, and how operatic passion can accompany clear - eyed analysis. the film might seem almost as cold - blooded as its psychopathic protagonist, but it gets warmth from the director' s quiet rage .
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compositions for coppola’s films. greying, bespectacled and mild - mannered – looking more like an accountant than a mobster – volonté’s luciano combines perfectly with other aspects of the
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portrayed himself in the film. siragusa did not play himself as the younger version of him reflecting the real life events in which he had partaken as a younger man but at the more seasoned age that he was in real life when the film was shot. the picture was siragusa' s only ever cinema movie role and he also acted as a technical consultant to the production .
lucky luciano is one of the bosses of the mafia. he orders the slaughter of 40 other responsibles, therefore becoming the only boss. but a few years later he is put into jail. in 1946, he got a pardon and is sent back to sicilia. there, he begins becoming one of the chief of the mafia. the us army seems to refrain from interfering .
lucky luciano is one of the bosses of the mafia. he orders the slaughter of 40 other responsibles, therefore becoming the only boss. but a few years later he is put into jail. in 1946, he got a pardon and is sent back to sicilia. there, he begins becoming one of the chief of the mafia. the us army seems to refrain from interfering ...
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the story follows the history of charles
lucky luciano
who rose to power in the mafia in the u. s. during the 1920s and made it into a successful venture based on the corporate model. the founder of
the commission
, his delivery of nazi u - boats from the port of ny for us naval intelligence, his imprisonment, and the eventual deal that set him free whereby he would use his mafia influence in italy against the axis powers (mussilini), is told through the eyes of his friend and bodyguard, a one time gold medal winning boxer from luciano' s home town in italy .
york drug dealer and informant of siragusa’s who is dispatched to naples to gather information on luciano. he comes to a violent end upon his return to the us – another sequence that draws on the iconography of
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documentary film about the italian mafia and their organized crime activities in usa, mainly new york, between the' 60' s to mid' 90' s. well documented with plenty of interviews and original... see full summary »
– though even more daringly stylised – it’s a reconstruction of the events of 11 september 1931 (later dubbed “night of the sicilian vespers”) when 40 leading mafiosi were murdered, clearing the way for luciano to become “boss of bosses” .
like he did with
salvatore guiliano
almost ten years previously, rosi takes on another powerful criminal figure, using only his name and legend as a jumping off point for something more devious and conspiratorial. but unlike the character of guiliano, longtime rosi collaborator gian maria volonte does get a majority of the screen time as the titular luciano... albeit in very drab moments of political corruption. if one is looking for the pulp aesthetics that were generating waves out of hollywood in the likes of
capone
,
the godfather
and
the st. valentines day massacre
,
lucky luciano
is a different beast. there are a few moments of gunfire and bloodshed (mostly aimed at rod steiger in his supporting role when he…
politics as extension of gangster genre, or the gangster genre as the most adequate venue to politics. a great biopic. in a perfect world this and larry cohen’s great the private files of j edgar hoover would be regular packaged in repertory theatres. by far my favorite rosi film .
francesco rossis okonventionella biopic om den ökända gangstern. fokuserar på hans sista år i neapel och är gjord i regissörens sedvanliga närmast akademiskt undersökande stil som innebär mer politik än pangpang. gian maria volontè superb som en nedtonad luciano som närmast lyckas får ens sympati .
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this “quiet man with the sad eyes” as the head of the narcotics bureau used to call him, apparently lived the life of a pensioner: he was quiet, had his routine, went to the races, the theatre, to restaurants, his dog in his arms. what was in the head of a man like this? what is in the brain of a master criminal? this is what i asked myself as i studied the character of luciano. (3 )
essentially the godfather, but steeped in sordid politics instead of mafia tribalism, as it explores the rise and fall of luciano’s notorious crime empire. opens with some incredible slow - mo execution sequences which gave me the impression i was in for 100 minutes of sweet mafia carnage, but unfortunately never again rises to that level of violence (almost forgoing violence altogether). instead we’re given countless meetings between gangsters and high - ranking government figures discussing economic and political intrigue that all went way over my head. still, the cinematography is fantastic in that illustrious godfather - style and rod steiger even shows up for a bit as a seedy drug dealer, so there’s that .
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, he worked much much better with petri, melville, leone and damiani. this one is very boring and volontè doesn' t appear much. and when he appears, he has the same face that does not say too much. this role did not quite fit him. rosi' s films, most of them, are a special genre, very close to the documentary, very hard to follow, you got to have a patience of steel ...
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gian maria volonte is very impressive indeed in this, suggesting the creep of old age with little more than some grey hair and a stooping posture, and being utterly convincing at every stage. he seems without vanity and with no need to be loved by the audience, so he embraces the vileness of the character (as in the masterful investigation of a citizen above suspicion) and plays it to the hilt. the script offers no special pleading, except one scene where rosi arguably puts a speech into the character' s mouth that doesn' t belong there, in order to make a point about gangsters providing a welcome distraction for the populace from the even darker doings of their governments. ﻿
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atípico biopic mafioso con un gian maria volonté sorprendentemente comedido. la película funciona como un thriller geopolítico sobre el carácter corrupto del sistema y de como este se aprovechó de la mafia cuando le interesó .
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lucky luciano is a 1973 american crime drama film directed by francesco rosi . it stars gian maria volontè and vincent gardenia . it was shown as part of the cannes classics section of the 2013 cannes film festival . 
lucky luciano is a 1973 american crime drama film directed by francesco rosi. it stars gian maria volontè and vincent gardenia. it was shown as part of the cannes classics section of the 2013 cannes film festival.
lucky luciano is a 1973 american crime drama film directed by francesco rosi. it stars gian maria volontè and vincent gardenia. it was shown as part of the cannes classics section of the 2013 cannes film festival.