Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman to premiere at New York film festival

[Baronage-Phase]

Looking forward to seeing this. Both De Niro and Al Pacino starring.

"Festival director Kent Jones said The Irishman is “funny, troubling, entertaining and, like all great movies, absolutely singular”. He added: “It’s the work of masters, made with a command of the art of cinema that I’ve seen very rarely in my lifetime, and it plays out at a level of subtlety and human intimacy that truly stunned me.”

Martin Scorsese's The Irishman to premiere at New York film festival | Film | The Guardian

 

[Baronage-Phase]

Trailer

 

[Nanker Phelge]

"Festival director Kent Jones said The Irishman is “funny, troubling, entertaining and, like all great movies, absolutely singular”. He added: “It’s the work of masters, made with a command of the art of cinema that I’ve seen very rarely in my lifetime, and it plays out at a level of subtlety and human intimacy that truly stunned me.”

That's a lot to live up to. Arguably Scorsese hasn't made a truly great film since Goodfellas.

The gangs all back together, so we'll see how it plays.

 

[Jon-of-arc]

This will be, at the least, very good. Over 3 hours. Stuff like this totally justifies the netflix subscription.

 

[Sue]

I thought when he tried to do 'Irish' in The Departed (which wasn't a patch on Infernal Affairs) it felt very laboured. Unlike his effortless depiction of Italian American life.

Let's see though.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

I thought when he tried to do 'Irish' in The Departed (which wasn't a patch on Infernal Affairs) it felt very laboured. Unlike his effortless depiction of Italian American life.

Let's see though.

Infernal Affairs was far superior.

DeNiro's Jimmy the Gent was American Irish, so I'm not too worried about that angle. Other than Hoffa, the other key characters in this story are Italian/Italian American.

The Departed was pretty flawed given the strong source material they had to work with. Setting it in Boston was a mistake in my opinion. The accents, gee whizz, were bad for the most part, and I've yet to be convinced that the DiCaprio and Scorsese pairing has been at all succesful in terms of quality cinema.

Goodfella's was flash and brash and glossy, but it still had some grit and grime. Scorsese's films seemed to have lost that since then.

I have high hopes for this film, yet I remain cautious about getting too excited.

 

[Sue]

I've only seen The Departed once (when it came out so quite a long time ago) but remember a 'let's have some diddly aye die music playing on the radio to establish Jack Nicholson's character's Irish credentials' bit which just felt really heavy handed. And yes, the accents were awful...

Agree about DiCaprio and Scorsese. I mean The Gangs of New York (not good, apart from Daniel Day-Lewis), The Aviator (too long, really didn't care), The Wolf Of Wall Street (hated everything about it), The Departed... TBF I haven't seen Shutter Island.

My expectations of Scorsese films these days are pretty low.

 

[Steel Icarus]

209 minutes, phew. Apparently the de-aging is a bit dodge but it's going to be great, innit. At the pictures 1 Nov, Netflix November 27th

 

[Pickman's model]

they've cocked up the spelling on a load of posters for this, where hoffa's described as a labour leader whereas everyone (bar the poster designers, it seems) know the americans spell labour labor

 

[Idris2002]

Infernal Affairs was far superior.

DeNiro's Jimmy the Gent was American Irish, so I'm not too worried about that angle. Other than Hoffa, the other key characters in this story are Italian/Italian American.

The Departed was pretty flawed given the strong source material they had to work with. Setting it in Boston was a mistake in my opinion. The accents, gee whizz, were bad for the most part, and I've yet to be convinced that the DiCaprio and Scorsese pairing has been at all succesful in terms of quality cinema.

Goodfella's was flash and brash and glossy, but it still had some grit and grime. Scorsese's films seemed to have lost that since then.

I have high hopes for this film, yet I remain cautious about getting too excited.

The Departed was also a true story, in addition to being sourced from Internal Affairs. Jack Nicholson's character was based on Irish-American crime boss Whitey Bulger, who was also an FBI informer.

 

[Indeliblelink]

Saw this tonight and thought it was very good, only fault was that the last 30 mins felt rather unnecessary.
Great performances from everyone and some funny dialogue.

 

[killer b]

I enjoyed it, but have been feeling less and less satisfied with it as time goes on. The barely-even-sketched female characters being one big issue.

 

[Detroit City]

this movie is 3 and a half hours long

 

[Orang Utan]

this movie is 3 and a half hours long

Yes. People binge watch TV shows for similar lengths so don't know why they have a problem when films are long.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Isn't this out tomorrow on Netflix? Have you all seen this at the pictures?

 

[killer b]

yeah it's had a theatrical release too.

 

[Steel Icarus]

yeah it's had a theatrical release too.

I know, for about three weeks. I forget going to the flicks isn't a big deal elsewhere

 

[Reno]

Netflix release their most prestige films theatrically too, so they qualify for awards considerations like the Oscars and to keep the high profile directors who make them happy. They are increasingly funding the type of films Hollywood won’t make anymore, none franchise movies aimed at grown ups.

 

[Steel Icarus]

I'm going to watch it over two nights, I think. Handily Mrs SI is away tomorrow and Thursday.

 

[killer b]

I know, for about three weeks. I forget going to the flicks isn't a big deal elsewhere

it benefited from being seen in the cinema - it's very beautifully shot whatever it might be lacking.

 

[Baronage-Phase]

I'm going to watch it over two nights, I think. Handily Mrs SI is away tomorrow and Thursday.

Watching it over 2 nights too.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

It deserves to be seen in one sitting, on a big screen.

 

[blossie33]

It deserves to be seen in one sitting, on a big screen.

Yes definitely, I was a bit concerned about the length of the film as I never sit in a seat for 3 and a half hours but it was very well paced and held my attention the whole way through.

 

[Baronage-Phase]

It deserves to be seen in one sitting, on a big screen.

Fair point.
Cant do either.
But I'll watch it all again.
Just watched the first hour. And it's great .
Mind you I love DeNiro and Al Pacino. And Scorsese.....and mafia films ...

 

[D'wards]

Watched it today. I enjoyed it but thought it was a good film but not a great film.
It can't hold a candle to Goodfellas

 

[Baronage-Phase]

I've seen 2hrs so far... .. watching in instalments.
I think so far it is very good.
Loving Robert De Niro and Al Pacino.
What did they do to their faces to make them look younger?

Hopefully I'll get to watch it in full again at the weekend..

 

[D'wards]

They de-aged their faces but can't hide their old man bodies

 

[Spymaster]

Arguably Scorsese hasn't made a truly great film since Goodfellas.

Casino?

 

[Buckaroo]

Just watched it. Looks amazing but Meh. Goodfellas, Godfather, Casino, James Ellroy, a bit Sopranos and the rest. If there was something really violent at the end of the road trip which didn't end weirdly. Didn't make sense of it or get the thing with his daughter. Maybe i missed the end. Glad I watched it just so I watched it but I wouldn't bother if I hadn't.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Casino?

That is Goodfellas. As is this.

I watched it. It is professionally done. I really don't know why he bothered, though. Performances are fine. The 'youthing down' doesn't work, but that doesn't matter. But we've all been here many, many times before now.