A 1973 film by Martin Scorsese about small-time Italian-American criminals in Manhattan's Little Italy, blending documentary-style street footage with guilt-drenched Catholic psychology.
Established the autobiographical American crime film — using real locations, non-actors, and the director's own neighborhood — as a distinct mode of filmmaking that launched Scorsese's career and defined New Hollywood's documentary-realist wing.
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