Shellackhead wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 2:47 pm
Oh wow he died in the city I was Born in.
You’re Capitaleño, or just happened to be born in Santo Domingo?
I was born in Maria Auxiliadora in the Distrito Nacional where most of the violent and most dangerous neighborhoods are at.. Los Minas, 27 de Febrero, Cristo Rey, Villa Juana, Etc. Then I moved to Los Mameyes which is in the other side of the Ozama River, much calmer.
To answer your questions yes I was born & lived there before moving to NY. I was there for New Years & im going back again in July
Oh wow, yeah, from what I know Los Minas etc are no joke. Most of my Dominican friends are Cibaeño but I know a few people from the Capital too.
I understand that Liotta was in DR filming a movie, but I don’t know anything about the film.
Yeah a lot of the Dominican immigrants come from the Cibao region.
Yeah and this is news to me, didn’t know he was filming in Zona Colonial.
TwoPiece wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 11:53 am
67, he was a fuckin kid
Was about to say, for an Italian-American that's basically middle aged. Requiescat in pace.
Here's something depressing for you all to ponder: When these guys, Scorsese and the rest, go, there will be no one to replace them. Seriously, name anyone under the age of say 45~55 in any creative field who is on the same level as these guys. Same is true of the classic rock guys, who will be dropping like flies over the next decade. We're about to hit a demographic shift that will result in a cultural dark ages that will last for the rest of our lives.
This is very sad, he was a great actor, his work on Goodfellas was amazing, I also liked him doing the voice of Tommy Vercetti in GTA Vicy City, and him narrating the documentary The Making of The Mob. He was a legend. RIP
aleksandrored wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 6:24 pm
This is very sad, he was a great actor, his work on Goodfellas was amazing, I also liked him doing the voice of Tommy Vercetti in GTA Vicy City, and him narrating the documentary The Making of The Mob. He was a legend. RIP
Or when he was forced to eat his own brain in Hannibal. Great scene.
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TwoPiece wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 11:53 am
67, he was a fuckin kid
Was about to say, for an Italian-American that's basically middle aged. Requiescat in pace.
Here's something depressing for you all to ponder: When these guys, Scorsese and the rest, go, there will be no one to replace them. Seriously, name anyone under the age of say 45~55 in any creative field who is on the same level as these guys. Same is true of the classic rock guys, who will be dropping like flies over the next decade. We're about to hit a demographic shift that will result in a cultural dark ages that will last for the rest of our lives.
Fun fact that most people don’t realize is that Ray Liotta isn’t any bit Italian, he was adopted . Just like Brancato from A Bronx Tale, not a single bit Italian
axx wrote: ↑Fri May 27, 2022 1:14 pm
I've read somewhere that he was apparently of mostly Scottish descent.
Yeah, apparently he only found that out after tracking down his birth mother, IIRC.
Liotta went to the same HS as my dad (Union, NJ), though I don’t think they knew each other. Shame that he’ll never get to make another with Scorcese now. As Ivan said above, before too long all of these guys will be dead and nothing on their level will replace them in our popular culture. Just the 50ith + iteration of the same Marvel Universe storylines, etc.
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axx wrote: ↑Fri May 27, 2022 1:14 pm
I've read somewhere that he was apparently of mostly Scottish descent.
Yeah, apparently he only found that out after tracking down his birth mother, IIRC.
Liotta went to the same HS as my dad (Union, NJ), though I don’t think they knew each other. Shame that he’ll never get to make another with Scorcese now. As Ivan said above, before too long all of these guys will be dead and nothing on their level will replace them in our popular culture. Just the 50ith + iteration of the same Marvel Universe storylines, etc.
He was really close to being in the Departed but for some reason he couldn’t get his schedule to work out. I think Scorsese originally wanted him for either the Alec Baldwin role or the Wahlberg role.
I love the Departed as is but the original casting that Scorsese had in mind was pretty crazy. DeNiro was gonna play Martin Sheen’s role. Brad Pitt was gonna play Matt Damon’s (before Pitt decided he was too old for the part and handpicked Damon to replace him), and Pacino was gonna play the Whitey Bulger role. Liotta was gonna have a part and apparently Scorsese even reached out to Mel Gibson about one of the roles. Wahlberg almost had to back out for scheduling reasons so they shot every scene involving him within the first 5 days of shooting so they wouldn’t have to recast again.
TwoPiece wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 11:53 am
67, he was a fuckin kid
Was about to say, for an Italian-American that's basically middle aged. Requiescat in pace.
Here's something depressing for you all to ponder: When these guys, Scorsese and the rest, go, there will be no one to replace them. Seriously, name anyone under the age of say 45~55 in any creative field who is on the same level as these guys. Same is true of the classic rock guys, who will be dropping like flies over the next decade. We're about to hit a demographic shift that will result in a cultural dark ages that will last for the rest of our lives.
Fun fact that most people don’t realize is that Ray Liotta isn’t any bit Italian, he was adopted . Just like Brancato from A Bronx Tale, not a single bit Italian
Well I guess that explains why didn't age Italian style! He had the name but not the genes.
Seriously though none of the older Italian guys I've known were anything like stereotypical "old men" until they were about 80.
Great scene.
