I don’t really have anything to add to this story. The title says it all. I could go on and on about the fact that Martin Scorsese’s new film, The Irishman, has officially been selected to open the 2019 New York Film Festival. I could giddily remark how the hotly-anticipated mob film stars De Niro, Pesci and Pacino. I could ramble on about the de-aging technology that Scorsese is employing to make all the actors look decades younger. Hell, I could even dig into the fact that this is Netflix’s biggest (and smartest?) gamble yet.
I could say all of that but I think I’ll just let the pictures do the talking. We are finally, finally, FINALLY seeing something from this movie after months and months of starving for anything. The two photos below might not be the best but at least they’re something! Just seeing De Niro and Pesci on screen again after all these years makes my fanboy heart skip a beat. Imagine my reaction when I eventually see a trailer! And have an ambulance ready when the film hits theaters and Netflix later this year. I don’t think my poor body can handle the excitement.
The NYFF runs from September 17-October 13 which means some lucky bastards are just a couple months away from seeing The Irishman. Some people have all the luck.
“The Irishman is a richly textured epic of American crime, a dense, complex story told with astonishing fluidity. Based on Charles Brandt’s nonfiction book I Heard You Paint Houses, it is a film about friendship and loyalty between men who commit unspeakable acts and turn on a dime against each other, and the possibility of redemption in a world where it seems as distant as the moon. The roster of talent behind and in front of the camera is astonishing, and at the core of The Irishman are four great artists collectively hitting a new peak: Joe Pesci as Pennsylvania mob boss Russell Bufalino, Al Pacino as Teamsters president Jimmy Hoffa, and Robert De Niro as their right-hand man, Frank Sheeran, each working in the closest harmony imaginable with the film’s incomparable creator, Martin Scorsese.”