Casino: Pesci narration (spoiler)

[Art Carey]

Throughout Casino, we're provided first person narration from several
characters, primarily those played by Robert DeNiro and Joe Pesci.

So I'm wondering: since we're told that the Pesci character doesn't get out of
the cornfield hole, has he providing his narration from beyond the grave?

Art C

[Gordan Miller]

Art Carey (gasp...@aol.com) wrote:
: Throughout Casino, we're provided first person narration from several

: characters, primarily those played by Robert DeNiro and Joe Pesci.
:
: So I'm wondering: since we're told that the Pesci character doesn't get out of
: the cornfield hole, has he providing his narration from beyond the grave?

What? You never saw Sunset Boulevard?

[bc2...@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu]

On Sun, 26 Nov 1995, Art Carey wrote:

> Throughout Casino, we're provided first person narration from several
> characters, primarily those played by Robert DeNiro and Joe Pesci.
>
> So I'm wondering: since we're told that the Pesci character doesn't get out of
> the cornfield hole, has he providing his narration from beyond the grave?
>

> Art C

- His character is dead and narrating at the same time. But notice that
the last time he narrates is in the scene where he gets killed. He's in
mid-sentence and then lets out a yell when his character gets hit by
the bat. Seems like it might be a corny technique, but I thought it was
cool.

BTW- There have been other films that use "narration from beyond the grave"
example: Menace II Society.

[DscribeDC]

I wish that Scorsese and Pileggi had given Ginger a narration of her own.
It would have been interesting to see the whole situation from a woman's
point of view. Besides, I thought she was underused, and potentially more
interesting than either Ace or Nicky. She would have been a good
counterpoint to DeNiro or Pesci.

My Q is: if DeNiro gets out of the car largely unhurt after the bomb
attack, who is the schmuck who goes sailing through the air during the
title sequence?

Dave G.

[Mike D'Angelo]

Art Carey (gasp...@aol.com) wrote:

: Throughout Casino, we're provided first person narration from several
: characters, primarily those played by Robert DeNiro and Joe Pesci.
:
: So I'm wondering: since we're told that the Pesci character doesn't
: get out of the cornfield hole, has he providing his narration from
: beyond the grave?

You bet. One of the few genuinely innovative moments in the entire film
(since we don't know from the outset, as we do in SUNSET BOULEVARD, that
the narrator is dead--the moment in which his narration is terminated is
quite startling).

Mike "and this is where I put a witty com--OOF!" D'Angelo

Tisch School of the Arts, NYU
http://pages.nyu.edu/~mqd8478

[Kerm]

In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.951127134602.17887B-100000@bingsun1>,

bc2...@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu says:
>
> BTW- There have been other films that use "narration from beyond the grave"
> example: Menace II Society.

'reversal of fortune' also did the same... sorta.

-kerm

[Y H Ng]

Kerm (DPD...@psuvm.psu.edu) wrote:
: In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.951127134602.17887B-100000@bingsun1>,

And 'The Mission'??
--
Alex

[skullisl...@gmail.com]

On Sunday, November 26, 1995 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-8, Art Carey wrote:
> Throughout Casino, we're provided first person narration from several
> characters, primarily those played by Robert DeNiro and Joe Pesci.
>
> So I'm wondering: since we're told that the Pesci character doesn't get out of
> the cornfield hole, has he providing his narration from beyond the grave?
>

> Art C

you people are idiotic. the fact Pesci narrates is downright stupid, and it's NOT supposed to be like a ghost narration ala Sunset Blvd, which was intentional. it was just an egotistical Scorsese device to TRY topping Goodfellas, which it doesnt.