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12-08-2019, 10:13 PM #76
One Interwebz account (i.e. story/article) I read mentioned that between Scorsese and DeNiro they asked Pesci 40 times to be in The Irishman before he said "Yes."
To put this in context, my Norwegian grandmother always said that if you ask somebody something 3 times and they refused on the third asking then you let it go. To ask further was impolite...guess it's different between Italians...
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12-09-2019, 06:07 AM #77
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12-09-2019, 06:27 AM #78
I enjoyed watching the film. Due to timing I split it in two, 1 1/2 hours and 2, flowed nicely and kept me interested throughout. Not my favorite mob film but we are never going to see these actors together again.
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12-09-2019, 10:38 AM #79
Well, the critics have spoken...
The Irishman nabs 14 nominations for the Critic's Choice Awards:
https://variety.com/2019/film/awards...203428878/amp/Last edited by dookey67; 12-10-2019 at 12:34 AM.
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12-09-2019, 12:10 PM #80"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
"She was tossing her bean salad with the vigor of a Drunken Pop princess so I walked out of the corner and said.... "need a hand?"" - Odin
"everybody's got their hooks into you, fuck em....forge on motherfuckers, drag all those bitches across the goal line with you." - (not so) ill-advised strategy
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12-09-2019, 03:10 PM #81
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12-09-2019, 03:56 PM #82
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12-09-2019, 04:17 PM #83"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
"She was tossing her bean salad with the vigor of a Drunken Pop princess so I walked out of the corner and said.... "need a hand?"" - Odin
"everybody's got their hooks into you, fuck em....forge on motherfuckers, drag all those bitches across the goal line with you." - (not so) ill-advised strategy
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12-10-2019, 12:40 AM #84
Just watched the revered French gangster film Classe Tous Risques.
Man does Robert DeNiro ever take after Lino Ventura in terms of his acting style.
Highly recommend this film as you can definitely see its influence on Scorsese's work.
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12-10-2019, 09:24 AM #85
Yeah, I see it. De NIro has cited Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift* as influences. I've never heard him mention Ventura. Robert Mitchum may have had some influence on De Niro, conscious or not.
*Clift as Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver = though experiment
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12-10-2019, 12:02 PM #86
Nick Nolte would have been a good Travis.
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12-10-2019, 01:36 PM #87Registered User
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I have to say, "self-indulgently long' is exactly what a Hollywood producer would say. Let the man make his movie, is what I say.
As for Crazy Joe and all the lies...the screenplay was based on Frank's book "I heard you paint houses" which is widely known as unreliable and full of lies. So of course the movie is not accurate it's Frank's outlandish yarn. Either way, it doesn't matter.
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12-10-2019, 02:00 PM #88
Forrest Gump wasn't a real person.
Maybe I missed it, but did the film ever even suggest that Frank is full of shit? If you're going to use a real person, imho, you need to make it somewhat clear that he is an unreliable narrator as he rewrites history. Otherwise, what is the point? Historical revisionism for its own sake a la Tarantino? I knew that I Heard You Paint Houses is a controversial book. I just didn't see the film doing anything to contextualize that. Maybe I'll see something on the second time through but I'm not eager for a rewatch. Its weird in that the film is not self-contained; it seems like the viewer is required to already know I Heard You Paint Houses is a controversial book.
I never said it was a bad film. Just not for me. Too many fourth wall issues; I just couldn't "get into it". I watched it from a detached perspective and came away thinking Scorsese had already covered these themes and done a better job of it in Goodfellas. For what its worth, I do think Ol' Joe deserves a supporting actor nod.Last edited by neckdeep; 12-10-2019 at 02:53 PM.
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12-10-2019, 02:34 PM #89Registered User
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Frank was real though.
I can't say why Marty picked this story, it's weird for sure. Sure is a good one though, although I agree 'Goodfellas' was done better. Besides clearly showing the book title once or twice, that's the only hint was given about Frank being a liar...I think, and probably not many people remember his book coming out. (I watched this thing in 4 pieces, one hour of it was while getting cavities filled. Just as Dookey says, I shoulda seen it in the theaters, I'm sure I missed a lot)
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12-10-2019, 05:30 PM #90
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12-10-2019, 05:31 PM #91
Goodfellas was narrated by a snitch, who went into witness protection. You trust that?
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12-10-2019, 07:41 PM #92
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12-10-2019, 10:27 PM #93
Did you just favorably compare The Irishman to THE GODFATHER?!?!?! Seriously? Those two films won Best Picture for good reason. The Irishman was by no stretch a bad movie, I quite liked it, but to say it is a GOOD BIT BETTER than two of the best movies ever made (and not just mob movies, but ANY movies) is lunacy.
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12-14-2019, 08:45 AM #94
De-mystifying the De-aging:
https://www.motionpictures.org/2019/...CZOBXduesThUW8
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12-14-2019, 09:15 AM #95
No, actually. It was a contrast. Scorsese makes better movies. We just watched Godfather and Godfather II, both of which were overrated from the get go and have not aged well. I sorta liked them when I first saw them, but not so much the viewing last week. Re Godfather's legacy, see https://www.newyorker.com/culture/ri...-the-godfather
Oscar best picture is hardly a mark of classic status. Gigi won the best picture Oscar. Ordinary People beat out Raging Bull for best picture.
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12-14-2019, 09:28 PM #96
I don't think it was mentioned here, but, Nicholson played Hoffa in a '92 film that Danny Devito directed and played a major role. It's pretty good. Jack does better Hoffa.
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12-23-2019, 03:12 PM #97
Dude, The Godfather is frequently mentioned in Best Movie EVER conversations?!? Fuck the Oscar - The Hollywood Reporter took a poll of thousands of movie industry members and The Godfather was voted BEST MOVIE, EVER. Overrated from the get go?? Seriously? A LOT of people disagree with you sir. The Godfather is one of - if not THE - best movie ever made, and I'm not the only one that thinks that. The Irishman, on the other hand, is not.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/new...id=mailsignout
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01-03-2020, 09:58 PM #98
This piece articulates what I've thought about this movie since I've seen it.
Why the Most Ridiculous Part of ‘The Irishman’ Actually Works https://nyti.ms/2tiwuOi
It's a movie made by a very old man acted by old man based on a memoir written by an old man lamenting his loss of friends and family before a lonely death.
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01-08-2020, 11:55 AM #99
The Irishman De-Aging Fixed:
https://www.esquire.com/entertainmen...rzvB9wJnPUKvkY
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01-08-2020, 06:13 PM #100
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