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Title: A great, forgotten film
Review: This is one of the great, forgotten films. It did poorly at the box office because it was cut from four hours to two and a half and at that length, it was impossible to follow. When it was finally released in its four hour version, most people did not see it because it had gotten such a bad reputation in its shorter release.Although the subject matter is violent, portraying Jewish gangsters from their youths around the turn of the century to nearly present day, the mood of the film is quiet and sad. There is a scene in which Robert DiNiro goes through a door as a young man and emerges, many years later, as a broken old man. The music being played during this sequence is "Yesterday" by the Beatles. Nothing could have portrayed the passage of time in a more poignant manner.I have seen the film many times and would buy the DVD in a second.
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