The Irishman is pretty great, by the way. Definitely in the same league as Goodfella and Casino, sharing the same thematic concerns as two movies but arguably deeper.
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The one question mark I have with The Irishman is the Pacino performance. Often powerful but maybe a shade too broad and histrionic, especially compared to the restraint of everyone else?
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Let's put this to the people. What do we think of Pacino as Jimmy Hoffa?
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On the question of Pacino's performance, I now think this is the right analysis: it's integral to the plot that Hoffa (loud, explicit, public) carries himself differently than the mafia guys (sneaky, cunning, quiet, elliptical in their dialogue).https://twitter.com/thickthickpaint/status/1199904104266420224 …
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To put it another way, The Irishman is about a gang of method actors, one of whom (Pacino) starts to revert to an older form of histrionic, theatrical performing. So the gang has to kill him.
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Jeez Jeet give us a chance - it just came out today
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I just finished the book, first published in 2004. It's interesting, and barely arguably makes clear that the highest levels of the mob ordered the assissination of JFK, and that Frank Sheehan murdered his longtime buddy Hoffa. But mobsters and murderers shouldn't be glamorized.
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Watching the film last night, my takeaway was that it (especially the last 20 minutes or so) is Scorsese’s direct response to people who think a criminal life is glamorous.
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