1. I have a few thoughts on The Irishman, the editing of The Godfather II, the Italian communist party, the CIA, method acting, and vocal range.
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4. If we see a spectrum from the loud to the quiet to the silent, then what we see is that the quiet mobsters silence both ends of the spectrum: they silence Hoffa by killing him, they silence their wives/daughters by patriarchy. It's telling 2 gangsters are named Whispers.
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5. The spectrum of vocality is tied to acting styles. Paquin acts with her eyes; Pesi/De Niro/Keitel are old style method actors -- immersed, mumbling; Pacino a method actor in James Dean mode: theatrical. It's a movie about a gang of understated actors killing a ham.
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6. Also silent (indeed off-screen) but very important to the movie is Fidel Castro. Like the Godfather movies, The Irishman highlights the counter-revolutionary nature of the mafia, which links criminality with the corruption of empire.
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7. There's a deleted scene in Godfather II (which Coppola later restored in an extended version) showing Michael Corleone in Sicily watching a famous May Day parade in 1947.https://twitter.com/DavidAstinWalsh/status/1201614352719196167 …
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8. The communist parade Corleone witnesses is famous in Italy because it was smashed by the mafia in a massacre. This resonates with the later scenes of the Cuban revolution in Godfather II & with The Irishman's showing the CIA working with the mob.
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9. More thoughts about the The Irishman and American history here: https://www.thenation.com/article/irishman-hoffa-godfather-martin-scorcese/ …
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Totally agree, I saw it as intentional and effective
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Given that the only other narrator in Goodfellas was Karen this is a really salient point. Women have a voice, whether they speak or not.
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I'd add a fourth layer - the kids, who sit and watch, taking in more and knowing more than their parents think they do. Thus normalizing the behaviour and ensuring the family business spans generations
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