Not even to a sympathetic priest does the ailing, aging Frank Sheeran (Robert De Niro) approach rectitude with his actions. He describes his decades of contracts, quick pops, and double taps as “water under the dam” – a fitting alteration to the phrase that comes close to illustrating the carnage his sole contribution to the mafia effort has caused – but that’s all. Throughout the grueling sum of The Irishman, through war, through tragedy, through what feels like an endless number of jobs, Frank maintains a self-preserving distance from his deeds. It’s an icy, pensive, yet stoic position that De Niro has, for nearly 50 years, comfortably conquered.
Nearly every facet of Martin Scorsese’s sprawling epic is similarly suited. It’s a call to arms – perhaps even a celebration – for creators whose control over their craft has guided fertile, webbing careers, yet whose well-trotted genre work will always be at the forefront of their legacies.
Nearly every facet of Martin Scorsese’s sprawling epic is similarly suited. It’s a call to arms – perhaps even a celebration – for creators whose control over their craft has guided fertile, webbing careers, yet whose well-trotted genre work will always be at the forefront of their legacies.
- 11/21/2019
- by Luke Parker
- We Got This Covered
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