In this era, it is rare to see a classic and old-fashioned film like "The Irishman", and the aftertaste is full. The sadness created by such a hard group of gangster men is also large and light, but it penetrates into the heart densely.
At the end of an era, it may not be that a few old gangster men stay together in prison, sick, sick and disabled, struggling to play ball with the hands that killed before. That scene, although quite embarrassing, is not as good as that conversation.
"Who are you still protecting? The group of people you want to protect, they are all dead."
"You contact my lawyer."
"Your lawyer is dead?"
"How did you die? Who did it?"
"cancer."
Yes, no one did it, it was cancer. That is a higher, more helpless level, which we call destiny, time, impermanence.
At this moment, Frank, played by De Niro, is sitting there with his hands empty. In order to keep these things he can't grasp, he's going to buy a metal coffin, still bright green. That might not end there, he said.
And Jimmy, played by Pacino, is my favorite character. He is a tough guy. He is tough and reluctant to accept it, but he always has some naive and firm beliefs. It was this belief that made him easily die in the hands of the person he trusted the most. He must not have thought of his ending. For a person like him who refused to wait for someone for more than ten minutes, he was willing to wait for someone for forty minutes without getting angry, and in the end that person killed himself.
Many viewers should have guessed that it was Frank who ended up with Jimmy in the end, but the moment came so suddenly, it was quite shocking, and emotionally unwilling to believe it.
Although he has killed so many people, Jimmy must be different. He had prevented it many times, and had looked at him with very sad eyes. Maybe he did it, not just because of orders, but because it was up to him to do it, and he thought it was the most appropriate.
At the end of the film, he says he doesn't like closing the door, he wants to leave a gap. Remember, every time Jimmy stayed at the hotel with him, Jimmy's porter was always left with a seam.
If you like "The Godfather" and "Once Upon a Time in America", you will love "The Irishman" too.
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