I watched the Criterion Collection two-disc set of The Irishman. The second disc, with lots of commentaries and detailed analysis, gave valuable insight into the world of Scorsese.
The movie revisits some of Scorsese's old favourite themes of loyalty, friendship and betrayal but compared to his previous Italian mafia films, it has a more quiet contemplative pace, especially main character Frank Sheeran (played by Robert Deniro) who revisits his gangster life with the hindsight of old age and its losses and regrets, leaving him alone and resigned in a nursing home.
The film brought together giants like Deniro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci and Harvey Keitel who are all -- except Pacino -- longtime collaborators with Scorsese. The "de-aging" technique used to allow same actors playing their own role over a few decades was not very convincing but the story felt more coherent in this way.
The movie revisits some of Scorsese's old favourite themes of loyalty, friendship and betrayal but compared to his previous Italian mafia films, it has a more quiet contemplative pace, especially main character Frank Sheeran (played by Robert Deniro) who revisits his gangster life with the hindsight of old age and its losses and regrets, leaving him alone and resigned in a nursing home.
The film brought together giants like Deniro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci and Harvey Keitel who are all -- except Pacino -- longtime collaborators with Scorsese. The "de-aging" technique used to allow same actors playing their own role over a few decades was not very convincing but the story felt more coherent in this way.
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