> We don’t know what’s going to happen in a few weeks,” he said, referring to the Nov. 5 election. “Democracy could continue, or this experiment could end.”
> The director continued, once again comparing the current political climate to his 2002 historical epic, which chronicles the clash between rival Irish gangs in New York in the late 1800s. “I never thought I’d live through a moment like this. It reminds me of Federico Fellini, who, while filming Satyricon, said as he walked through Rome: ‘I feel like I’m back in ancient Roman times.’ Now I feel like we’re back in the world of Gangs of New York, a film about violent clashes between immigrant ethnic groups fighting for control of New York and, metaphorically, America.”
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> We don’t know what’s going to happen in a few weeks,” he said, referring to the Nov. 5 election. “Democracy could continue, or this experiment could end.”
> The director continued, once again comparing the current political climate to his 2002 historical epic, which chronicles the clash between rival Irish gangs in New York in the late 1800s. “I never thought I’d live through a moment like this. It reminds me of Federico Fellini, who, while filming Satyricon, said as he walked through Rome: ‘I feel like I’m back in ancient Roman times.’ Now I feel like we’re back in the world of Gangs of New York, a film about violent clashes between immigrant ethnic groups fighting for control of New York and, metaphorically, America.”
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