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ARTX-072 · acquired 1990 · running time 146m
Martin Scorsese · 1990

Goodfellas

As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.

Provisional dossier. Metrics derived from the systematic pipeline (method v1.1-metric-fix); curatorial reading pending. The shape below is what the open record has produced so far — read it as a draft, not a verdict.

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The Reading

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Consensus
Extreme100

Resolved — wide, durable agreement across critic and audience record.

Friction
Extreme76

Contested — the work refuses every attempt at assimilation.

Obsession
Subdued16

Inert — the work has receded from active discourse.

Residual Haunting
Subdued16

Quiet — the work does not follow viewers beyond the screening.

Symbolic Density
Elevated72

Layered — sustained interpretive activity; the film is being decoded.

Cult Formation
Subdued25

Mainstream — no distinct devotional community has formed.

Formal Risk
Subdued12

Conventional — works within accepted shapes and structures.

Emotional Voltage
Elevated54

Charged — physiological reactions documented: tears, tension, unease.

Accessibility
Elevated66

Open — most viewers can enter without special context.

Reach
Present33

Spreading — occasional reference outside film culture; some imagery in wider circulation.

Progeny
Elevated54

Generative — a clear aesthetic lineage can be traced through subsequent work.

Cultural Arc
Elevated59

Overturned — the work's cultural position is substantially different from its initial reception.

Transgression
Present32

Uncomfortable — touches sensitive territory but does not breach social limits.

Cultural Afterlife

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1990 · release
Goodfellas released.
release / rediscovery / criterion
rejection / meme / wound
academic adoption

Discourse Factions

analytical
100%

Goodfellas (1990) directed by Martin Scorsese. Curated baseline artifact for metric calibration and systematic scoring initialization.

Recurring Symbols

    Adjacent Pressure