A Collider piece argues that Goodfellas has the gangster genre’s greatest opening line, delivered by Ray Liotta as Henry Hill. The film is praised as Martin Scorsese’s most enduring crime classic.
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01Summary
- 01The article says Goodfellas remains Martin Scorsese’s magnum opus more than three decades after it premiered.
- 02It highlights the opening line: “As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.”
- 03The film stars Ray Liotta as Henry Hill, alongside Robert De Niro as Jimmy Conway and Joe Pesci as Tommy DeVito.
- 04Goodfellas is set in New York City from the 1950s through the 1980s and follows Henry Hill’s rise and fall in the Mafia world.
02Why it matters
The piece underlines why Goodfellas still matters to film fans: it is presented as one of the defining crime films and a benchmark for gangster storytelling. For viewers, it is a reminder of the film’s enduring influence and one of cinema’s most famous opening scenes.
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