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Gangs of New York

Gangs of New York. Martin Scorsese, 2002.

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Edition screened: Buena Vista DVD released 2003. English language. Runtime approximately 167 minutes.


Summary: Recurring images of dead rabbits, and a pig’s head.


Details: 

1) The film begins with the Dead Rabbits gang assembling for a fight. Several times, and a few times later in the film, we see their battle standard of several dead rabbits hanging from a pike. These quick images have no clear view or anything intentionally gruesome.

2) A public wagering game in which a terrier is released in a fighting pit along with rats, and bets are placed on how many rats the dog will kill in a set amount of time. We do not see or hear any rat killing, and only understand what is happening from a few seconds of shouting among the spectators. 

3) A more graphic scene of a rabbit impaled on an iron fence picket then the carcass on a table, 29:03-29:14

4) A bloody pig’s head on a tray, 47:30-47:44.