Martin Scorsese’s “Gangs of New York” is now available on the Amazon Prime Video service. The opportunity to return to the chaotic production of the cult film led by Leonardo DiCaprio and Daniel Day-Lewis.
The feature film Gangs of New York is now available on the Amazon Prime Video service. A cult work nominated 10 times at the Oscars, which earned Martin Scorsese the Golden Globe for Best Director, but whose production was particularly chaotic. Take a look behind the scenes of the historic epic led by Leonardo DiCaprio and Daniel Day-Lewis.
The idea for the film Gangs of New York dates back to 1970, when Martin Scorsese discovered Herbert J. Asbury’s novel during a weekend with friends. The American filmmaker, who then only went behind the camera once for the big screen (Who’s That Knocking at My Door), quickly acquires the rights to film adaptation. The project was officially announced in 1977, but mainly budgetary problems delayed filming on several occasions. It was not until the end of the 90s, when Miramax studios took over production, for this long-term production, which narrates the confrontation between Amsterdam Vallon and the bloodthirsty Bill the Butcher in 19th century New York, to materialize. finally. Filming begins in September 2000, but the path of Gangs of New York will still be paved with pitfalls …
The shootings take place between September 2000 and April 2001 within the prestigious Roman stages of Cinecitta (it was impossible to shoot in New York even because of the too important architectural changes of the city). The initial idea is to release Gangs of New York for the month of December, but the attacks of September 11, 2001 force the production to revise its plans. The release of Martin Scorsese’s work is then announced for early 2002, but the film will then be postponed again …
We whisper Gangs of New York at the opening of the Cannes Film Festival, a release in July is mentioned, but the film still does not point the end of its reel … The shadow of the curse begins to hang over this project so dear to Scorsese. Why this succession of postponements? According to the specialized press, the cause could lie in the disputes between the filmmaker and his producer Harvey Weinstein concerning the “final cut” of the film.
Gangs of New York will finally be released at the end of 2002 on American soil and at the beginning of 2003 in French theaters. If the genesis, spread over more than three decades, will have been particularly chaotic, if Martin Scorsese must also have been painfully marked by the almost total disappearance of 850,000 period objects destroyed in the collapse of the World Trade Center towers , the American filmmaker must also have been really relieved: strong work, superb moment of cinema, Gangs of New York was hailed by the critics as well as the public.
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