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How Martin Scorsese Creates Tension in ‘The Irishman’
Video Anatomy of a Scene NYT
31 January 2020
“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”
aren’t happy with the way Hoffa has been running the union
and are eager to send him the message,
through Frank: “It’s 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 Frank’s daughter Peggy (Anna Paquin)
while she’s dancing with Hoffa.
She understands the gravity of the situation in that moment,
even if the union leader does not.
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The Irishman | Official Trailer | Netflix
28 September 2019
The Irishman | Official Trailer | Netflix
28 September 2019
Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci
star in Martin Scorsese’s THE IRISHMAN,
an epic saga of organized crime in post-war America told
through the eyes of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran,
a hustler and hitman who worked alongside
some of the most notorious figures of the 20th century.
Spanning decades,
the film chronicles one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in
American history,
the disappearance of legendary union boss Jimmy Hoffa,
and offers a monumental journey through the hidden corridors
of organized crime:
its inner workings, rivalries and connections to mainstream
politics.
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