The final shot of Tommy DeVito shooting a revolver directly at the camera recreates a shot from 1903.

Film/Series: GoodFellas

Category: Reference Homage

Timestamp: 02:24:30

The film ends with a jarring, surreal shot of Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci) standing in a suit and firing his revolver straight into the camera lens. Martin Scorsese explicitly added this scene as a tribute to Edwin S. Porter's 1903 silent film "The Great Train Robbery," which ends with the exact same iconic shot of a bandit shooting at the audience, signifying the birth of the crime genre in cinema.

The final shot of Tommy DeVito shooting a revolver directly at the camera recreates a shot from 1903. in GoodFellas

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