2015 · comedy
The Audition
Directed by Martin Scorsese16m2015
Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio must compete for the lead role in Martin Scorsese's next film.
Our read: The Audition (2015) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded comedy entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- warm
- brisk
- gentle
- intimate
Watching The Audition tonight? Spin for your lens.
Everyone on the couch spins once and gets one craft to watch for. After the credits, compare what you caught.
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Everyone on the couch gets one craft to watch for. Spin the wheel to get yours. Sound on: the narrator reads your mission.
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How The Audition feels to watch.
Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.
What watching it is actually like.
“You want a playful short with De Niro, DiCaprio and Pitt auditioning for Scorsese.”
Skip it tonight — You want a feature length story or serious drama.
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Discussion
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