Film Analysis of Gangs of New York Many people do not realize the brutality people had to live through while this melting pot of a country was being forged, but in 2002, Martin Scorsese's "The Gangs of New York" revealed to America some of the ugliest histories of our country. In this epic film, Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Cameron Diaz show the audience that America is full of justified tragedies. Just as this country was …showed first 75 words of 1079 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1079 total…a boiling cauldron of dissimilar interests and selfish pursuits, which almost always resulted in clashes and confrontations. "The Gangs of New York" paints a hostile picture of "the way it was", in images taken almost directly from the "gazettes" and "one sheet" illustrations popular in the media in the late 1800's and show us that people do what they must in order to survive and what they can get away with to get on top.