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How Martin Scorsese Creates Tension in The Irishman Anatomy of a Scene

How Martin Scorsese Creates Tension in The Irishman Anatomy of a Scene

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If they can whack a president, they can whack a president of a union. That line, delivered by the mob boss Russell Bufalino (Joe Pesci) is both the text and the subtext of a key scene from the Netflix movie The Irishman, nominated for 10 Academy Awards. The sequence takes place at a ceremony for Frank Sheeran (Robert De Niro, the right-hand man to the Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino. But the occasion is really more of a celebration for Hoffa although some of the higher-ups arent happy with the way Hoffa has been running the union and are eager to send him the message, through Frank: Its what it is. In narration, the director Martin Scorsese explains that what he found important in the scene was not so much the dialogue as the looks, glances, silences and pauses. The dialogue only becomes significant in the heart-to-heart that Russell has with Frank near the end of the sequence. Scorsese says the looks that stand out are those of some of those unhappy mobsters, as observed by Franks daughter Peggy (Anna Paquin) while shes dancing with Hoffa. She understands the gravity of the situation in that moment, even if the union leader does not. Read the review here:
Date: 2020-08-15

Comments and reviews: 10


Is Martin's best picture yet? Probably not. Is it on pair or even better to movies like Casino or Godfellas? I dont think so. But theres one thing I know, and thats that I LOVED this movie. Yeah sure, the de-aging could be a little bit better, sometimes the editing is messy, heck I dont even think some of the writing is great. But theyre minor details. I enjoyed every second of this movie and thats what finally count, YOUR OPINION. So, why dont we just chill and respect each other? In the end theyre just movies, yes, Scorsese is great and had made better movies. I understand. But not every movie is perfect, and in someway thats what makes them special.
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A lot of children in the comments have been exclaiming that The Irishman is lame, but I beg to differ.
It is a slow film, intended to be slow for the audience to feel the passage of time, in the same way we feel life both quickly and slowly pass by. These comments are from short-spanned people whose real concerns are explosive actions and enormous complexities. The film is a special book adaptation that conveys empathy and raw emotions, and I think that's why Scorsese is truly right about Marvel movies not being cinema. These comments are from people who do not understand cinema.

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Being a fan of Scorsese from the moment I saw Goodfellas in the theater, I thought this movie was not nearly among his best work. It's almost like some people have not yet come to the acceptance that the movie just isn't that great. Every scene is at least pretty good, but never great. But that's just my opinion after having seen it twice.
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i love scorsese and al the actors in this- but this was not a great film- just everyone pretending it was. compare it to his opus films like goodfellas and its not even close. i don't know why we re all honouring this film- in lieu of honouring the man. u can love the artist but not enjoy the art from time to time.
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Scorsese is a genius filmmaker. I've watched this movie over 3 times now. Every time I watch it, I realize something new about the characters. I notice a different detail about the cinematography or the music or an actor's acting in a scene. Without a question, my favorite director.
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4: 02 nice that Marty had Al go over to say hello Kietel
just so they could be together in the same frame in a movie for posterity -
and it would've been NICER if Pacino won BEST SUPPORTING OSCAR instead of nice guy but way less talented Brad Pitt!

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Its funny how the comments section just seems to be a love fest agreeing with the point of view of the poster. These actors are faded embers of once were bright stars. This movie never ends and never begins. These guys are old geezers. Give me a break.
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He creates it by making the film 3 hours long, it was an ok film nothing close to his best work, yes it was nice to see all those actors together but these roles demanded nothing from them just, some goodfellas getting together to make an okey film.
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Sorry, Sir. Your movie is an unbelievable fake. Three overrated OLD actors are pretending to be the young underworld thugs. De Niro by his movements, gestures is the OLD man. Whatever a pancake make up you are putting on him and the rest of the crew.
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3: 57 - gotta love Scorsese. He knew how much that would mean to audiences. But the remarkable realization is that hes such a film fan that this also meant much to him.
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