There were many strengths to "Lansky," including the crisp photography, beautiful location filming, and the old cars. The period is primarily the early 1980s, as Meyer Lansky reflects on his career in organized crime. But the earlier decades were also filmed effectively.
The performances were outstanding with Harvey Keitel as Lansky and Sam Worthington as David Stone, the biographer who is conducting interviews with Lansky. The relationship of author and subject was dynamically developed in the film.
As depicted in the film, Lansky was portrayed far too sympathetically. Obviously, he had a strained and unhealthy relationship with his wife Anne. The film still seeks to show Lansky as a devoted family man who had undying love for a son with cerebral palsy.
In Lansky's words, he was "an angel with a dirty face." That generous description best sums up the perspective of the filmmaker. Lansky wanted Stone to write a book that would sum up his legacy as a decent human being. Lansky felt betrayed when Israel forced him to return to the United States to face criminal charges.
The unflappable Lansky beat the charges and apparently kept secret the location of an enormous stash of money. In his search for atonement, he eventually discovered the perfect set of people to immortalize him in a work of hagiography: the producers of this film.
The performances were outstanding with Harvey Keitel as Lansky and Sam Worthington as David Stone, the biographer who is conducting interviews with Lansky. The relationship of author and subject was dynamically developed in the film.
As depicted in the film, Lansky was portrayed far too sympathetically. Obviously, he had a strained and unhealthy relationship with his wife Anne. The film still seeks to show Lansky as a devoted family man who had undying love for a son with cerebral palsy.
In Lansky's words, he was "an angel with a dirty face." That generous description best sums up the perspective of the filmmaker. Lansky wanted Stone to write a book that would sum up his legacy as a decent human being. Lansky felt betrayed when Israel forced him to return to the United States to face criminal charges.
The unflappable Lansky beat the charges and apparently kept secret the location of an enormous stash of money. In his search for atonement, he eventually discovered the perfect set of people to immortalize him in a work of hagiography: the producers of this film.