Joe Pesci: He doesn’t look as serious as De Niro and the subtle smile on his face carries an attitude to the point that he probably is sly and a bit psychotic. His square face and high cheekbones adds to the image of ruthlessness. Pesic looks like a businessman himself and appears to be De Niro’s right hand man. Although the third character, Ray Liolota stands behind at the shoulder of De Niro, Pesci’s face shows a larger profile. He also looks like the older of the two and in the mafia tradition as the right hand man he would be groomed for the post of mafia boss when the head dies. He has a business type dress and wears a black tie with a white shirt suggesting that he has points of authority.
Ray Liotta: looks like the youngest member of the group who gains experience as well as knowledge by watching his colleagues. I presume that this quote “I’ve always wanted to be a gangster” belongs to Liotta because he’s the youngest and I would think that he eventually became a gangster and got himself in all sorts of trouble. His face is not as prominent as the others but his puckered lips give him a formidable look and his eye pops out right at you.
Robert De Niro has acted in other mafia movies and he can really act the character. He’s maybe just there in the middle for publicity purposes because he’s a big star and top dog in his profession.
The top half of the poster is in colour and the bottom half is in black and white. It takes two thirds, one-third ratio with the characters in the bigger part as if to say they are lords of the land. There is a dead body in the black and white portion. The colours signify death, and suggest these men probably killed the person. It hints at the death and horror that may occur in the movie. The Director of the movie is Martin Scorcese who is also the Director of Scream, which is a horror movie.
The panoramic view of the streets with the dead man in the middle may suggest to us that the mafia started of with one killing has carried on till this day due to the length of the street behind.
The word “good fellas” in this mafia movie means good, but the fact is that their image suggests that they kill people for their own purposes. Good is therefore ironically used. . The word fellas is usually used as a friendly familiar word to mean men. These Characters are definitely not friendly. The movie is set in Henry Hill Brooklyn, N.Y. 1955.
From this analysis the reader should now be able to draw a full size picture of the poster.
