The Long Good Friday

“John Mackenzie’s Long Good Friday. We actually studied this in school, that end Close-Up on Bob Hoskins, and obviously an incredible Helen Mirren in this film, but I remember that was kind of the first time watching gangster cinema that felt grounded and about the human relationships rather than the sort of glamorization of that lifestyle, you know, it was feeling deeply for Bob’s character, even at the end when he knows he’s kind of messed up, and he’s almost a bit pathetic.”

“Okay, Long Good Friday. I love this movie. Just top to bottom. It’s just a British mobster over the course of one long Good Friday as everything falls apart. Helen Mirren is his wife and, you know, so fucking hot. Just outstanding, and final scene in this film, greatest face acting you’ve ever seen. Just Bob Hoskins, not talking, telling you literally everything his character’s thinking.”