This film is like an illustration of what happened in important American towns by the end of 20s and during the 30s, particularly in Harlem. The film has a very good cast: Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Larry Fishburne, Bob Hoskins and Nicolas Cage among others. Each played his/her role in a very acceptable way. It was funny to see how Hoskins as a maffia boss volunteer to get in prison for a while in order to be out of any attempt. Cage shows the classic ill and sadic person, who thinks that all problems can be solved killing. Gere represented the pragmatic musician, able to deal with maffia but to love a lady until she will correspond him. The film shows a mosaic of different behaviors and intentions in very logic sequences, simply another good job of Coppola.
Review of The Cotton Club
