``Mean Streets'' Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro's first collaboration reveals the origins of gangster movies

The best music movie where you can enjoy Scorsese's vivid sensations.

When I look back at ``Mean Streets,'' the first thing that comes to mind is the title background music, `` Be My Baby. '' A 1963 hit song by the female chorus group The Ronettes , produced by Phil Spector, known for his unique rhythm. Along with this song, home movies of the characters' daily lives are shown. The only people there are the town's outcasts, but even with their stupidity, you can't help but love these "outcasts". You can also see the director's influence on `` Trainspotting '' (1996).

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After that, a series of jaw-dropping musical scenes appear one after another. When Charlie enters Tony's bar, The Rolling Stones ' `` Tell Me '' plays, he wriggles around inside the bar illuminated by red lights, and then dances on stage with strippers (using a dolly). The photography is impressive). Next, the Stones' ` `Jumpin' Jack Flash '' plays, and troublemaker Johnny Boy appears. The rough lyrics, ``I was born in a storm,'' express Johnny and leave a big impact.

Also, in the scene where The Chips' `` Rubber Biscuit '' is played, the camera shakes violently, allowing you to identify with Charlie getting drunk at the bar. In the scene where a fight breaks out inside the store, The Marvelettes' `` Please Mr. Postman '' is played, and the camera pans around the store. Also, Johnny Boy and Charlie go outside after causing a commotion at the store, and the song in which Johnny playfully dances in front of Charlie, who gets in the car first , is ` ` Mickey's Monkey '' by The Miracles.

During the climactic gunfight scene, Cream 's `` Steppin' Out '' plays, and Eric Clapton's guitar sounds leave a vivid impression (Clapton also uses other songs).

The club featured in the movie has a juke box, but the movie itself is filled with music (Scorsese appears to have selected songs from his own record collection). In addition to rock and R&B, Italian folk songs and opera also appear. Scorsese said he was conscious of the variety of music that could be heard coming from the windows of each house in Little Italy. By recreating the musical sensations in our memories, we are left with a realistic feel of the city (the director also makes a small appearance).

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