Bill The Butcher haunting monologue | Gangs of New York | CLIP

If you look carefully you can see Daniel Day Lewis getting his 3rd oscar nomination in this scene
Movie Title: Gangs of New York

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[BoxofficeMoviesScenes]

Hi everyone! What grade (out of 10) would you give this video?

[criticalbill]

This is one of those performances where I have to remind myself that what I am witnessing is an actor playing a role. Because I cant see any traces of Daniel Day Lewis here, I can only see a living and breathing character. That`s how good it is

[wayneadams]

"He wanted me to live in shame.. this was a great man." That's the best line. :)

[maxcr]

"He spared me because he wanted me to live in shame, this was a great man" that's insanely good writing.

[HeatleyBros]

He covered so much emotional ground from the beginning of “I never had a son” to the end of “civilization is crumbling”

[manifestgtr]

The lack of hesitation between “he wanted me to live in shame” and “this was a great man”…it’s probably the quickest bit of dialogue in this whole scene. World class character development.

[Silverus]

What a situation to be in. The guy that killed your father loves you like a son. Wow.

[ahabkapitany]

He tells that story like someone who actually experienced it. It's phenomenal. Just like Marlon Brando describing vaccinating the village in Apocalypse Now.

[tusharkumar]

I really loved those "Pauses or long breaths", that shows his vulnerability while narrating the story.

[Soymilksoul]

The beauty of this monologue is that despite its' grisly subject matter, he's trying to apologize in his own way.

[LeafsKiller]

I'm surprised Daniel Day-Lewis didn't break his back carrying this entire movie for over 2 hours.

[seantyler]

It’s crazy. Because Bill respected the priest so much above even his closest friends. He fell in love with this boy because he saw the same passion and heat in his eyes. He just couldn’t put why that was. The father leads the son. He loved the priests son because of respect and didn’t even know it

[johnmunro]

Such a scene. For a son to have to sit there and hear the man who murdered his father speak so movingly about him.

[ChowDownDetroit]

Most people say Daniel Day Louis in "There Will Be Blood" is his best acting performance but in my opinion, his portrayal of Bill The Butcher is the GREATEST acting performance I have ever seen.

[yoshomiamoto]

Clearly, he knew that he was the priest son. That is why he asked him for his age, and told him that story, and afterwards touched his head and said, "God bless you"

[Caduceus]

In this move, Daniel left me thinking that Leo is not a very good actor. He played this so well.

[strtsD]

That kind of trying not to cry breathing is way too real. That dude was channeling real emotions into those lines. Way too real

[sas]

Daniel day Lewis is literally one of the greatest actors there has ever been. Look at his resume, he doesn't do that many films, but they are nearly all classic films and great performances. Beast of an actor.

[hothotheat]

Listening to the way he pauses on certain phrases, lets certain words hang in the air, how he goes from being very genial to a threat in a second and then right back to genial.

I don’t know how TF he lost the Oscar for this role.

[Uncsy]

Daniel day Lewis is in a league of his own he brings his characters to life in a way I’ve never seen before or since