Bill the butcher, the true story of “Gangs of New York”
Martin Scorsese is one of the greatest American directors, capable of marking an era and being counted as a leading director of the cultural movement known as New Hollywood which, between the mid-60s and the early 80s, profoundly renewed star-studded cinema and strips giving new life to the world filmography; Scorsese's technical ability in managing the camera and the use of elaborate camera movements is recognized as well as an editing capable of giving dynamism and a fast pace to the action, but apart from these qualities of a pure master of the camera to make him stand out there is an undoubted writing ability, always put at the service of the narrative: characters rich in nuances and multidimensional who tell their own story without getting lost in moralisms of any kind, while weaving their path into complex stories full of emotional and psychological nuances . But we are not here to talk about the films of this great narrator, through the IMPERIUM column as you well know we talk about history, and Scorsese has always been a profound connoisseur of American history as well as a careful explorer of US-tinged urban subcultures.
There are countless films that outline the lives of gangsters, scammers and terrorists in our filmography, made with skill and meticulousness by a documentarian who tells the synopsis of his country; Among them, Gangs of New York stands out, a troubled blockbuster that saw the light in 2002 and which tells the story of the violent, racist and confessional subculture of New York during the American Civil War. Inspired by the 1927 treatise "The Gangs of New York: An informal history of the underworld" written by Herbert Asbury, the story offers a broad overview of the history of gangs and organized crime in the town, examining the gangs that shared the square, their leaders, the rivalries and the activities they practiced, providing a detailed portrait of the criminal underworld that contributed to characterizing the history of the city. Therefore, leaving the film aside, which I warmly invite you to watch, let's delve into the story of one of the major leaders of the infamous Five Points, the symbolic district of the city, capable of making the blood tremble in the wrists of his fellow citizens just by mentioning him: this is the story of the Bowery Boys, led by the cleaver of William Pool, better known as “Bill the Butcher”.
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