2019 · crime · drama
The Irishman
Directed by Martin Scorsese3h 29m2019
Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.
Our read: The Irishman (2019) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded crime · drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured crime / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- measured
- intense
- bleak
- twisty
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