Edwin Porter's 1903 western THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY is best known for a gimmicky closing shot: a bandit aims his pistol at the camera and fires. This trope gets used in dozens of movies, here Martin Scorcese explains why he used the outlaw shot as the coda in GOODFELLAS.
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3/24/15
The Outlaw Shot in BETTER CALL SAUL, BREAKING BAD and THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY
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Aaron Paul,
Better Call Saul,
Bob Odenkirk,
Breaking Bad,
Bryan Cranston,
Edwin Porter,
Hank Schrader,
Joe Pesci,
Jonathan Banks,
Kangaman,
Opie,
Scarface,
The Great Train Robbery,
Vince Gilligan
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