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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2. There's been much discussion/criticism of about Anna Paquin lack of dialogue in The Irishman. But that near-silence has to be understood as part of the spectrum of vocality that is crucial to the movie's story.
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3. A spectrum of vocality: You have the Hoffa (a loud, expressive public figure, hammed up by Pacino); the mobsters like Bufalino & Sheeran (who speak in hushed tones and elliptical, coded language); and the female family of the gangsters (who are silenced.
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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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Replying to @HeerJeet
Well, and what she does with those eyes cannot be measured by the number of words she speaks:https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/11/29/most-important-character-irishman-is-woman/ …
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Absolutely -- I thought your essay was very convincing on this.
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