What I share with you today is a great ending.
"The Irishman" is a legendary blockbuster directed by American director Martin Scorsese in 2019. Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci, who were 73 years old at the time, and Al Pacino, who was 79 years old at the time. starring. Standard Collection No. 1058.
Martin Scorsese is one of my favorite directors, and the mere mention of his name along with Francis Ford Coppola and Sergio Leone makes me so excited. Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Al Pacino have immortalized characters in their work. I will have a good chat in another topic in the future.
The film is based on the 2004 memoir I Heard You Paint Houses: The Closing of Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran and Jimmy Hoffa by former U.S. prosecutor, investigator, and defense attorney Charles Blunt.
Frank Sheeran, nicknamed "The Irishman," was an American union official accused of killing former National Truckers Union president Jimmy Barack in 1975 at the behest of Bufalino clan boss Russell Bufalino. Hoffa. The former admitted it before his death in 2003.
"I heard you paint your house" is a gangster code meaning I heard you kill people. "Paint" refers to the blood that splatters when the body is shot. According to Frank, it was Jimmy's opening remarks during the two's first call.
The film unfolds from the memories of Frank , who was originally a truck driver who sold top-quality steaks to the Mafia. Because of his loyalty and decisiveness, he became an adopted son-like confidant of the Bufalino family boss of the Mafia in northeastern Pennsylvania . Later, through the introduction of Russell, he became the bodyguard, assistant and close friend of Jimmy , the leader of the National Truckers Union, who is black and white . Jimmy was imprisoned for seven years by Attorney General Robert Kennedy. After his release, he desperately wanted to regain his former position in the union, but his position in the union and the Mafia interest groups had long been lost. Russell and Frank tried many times to mediate without success. In the end, Frank flew to Jimmy's place immediately after receiving Russell's instruction, and as a sincere brother, he lured him to an unmanned residence and shot him from behind.
I personally think that the biggest charm of this movie is that it not only exposes the truth that the interests of the "family" come first, but also makes you feel that these are so exciting and worthwhile. Loyalty was true at that time, and affection was also real at that time, but when loyalty and affection conflict, which side the interests stand on, that side will become an incomparably glorious source of strength, enabling him to shoot through his former friends without hesitation. skull. The pleasure of the audience comes from this decisive killing, and the emotion comes from the memories of life in vain after the death of opponents and friends.
The official poster seems simple but meaningful. It shows the position of the three people and the relationship between the three pairs through their positions, eyes, and accessories.
Russell's position is the highest, indicating that he is the most powerful of the three. Russell's eyes looked upward, referring to the fact that he was mainly responsible to high-level figures. In the early years, he told Frank that Jimmy was "Friend at the top", so he sent Frank to help Jimmy. Later, after Jimmy was released from prison, he told Frank again. Jimmy's offense is "The higher-ups", so he has to be killed. Russell's accessories are glasses, which symbolize the sharpness of seeing all patterns.
Jimmy's position is at the bottom, indicating the cold reality of his loss as union president, and his body orientation indicates that he is on the opposite side of the other two. Jimmy's eyes are looking "backward," referring to his obsession with his former position and power. Jimmy is an accessory and a watch. In the play, Jimmy can tolerate others being late for up to 10 minutes. Once it exceeds 10 minutes, he thinks that the other party is saying "Saying something". The watch symbolizes that Jimmy attaches too much importance to the rules, and the concept of status has long been solidified in his heart, so he cannot be inferior to the former lower-ranking person, which also makes Russell and Frank's mediation efforts to be in vain and doomed to perish.
Finally, the film's protagonist "The Irishman" Frank, who is between Russell and Jimmy, shows that he has a deep relationship with both and acts as a middleman, and he and Russell are aligned, showing that they are on the same side. Although Frank's eyes are also looking upwards, but unlike Russell's raised head looking straight up, Frank is looking up with his head down, which means that his actions are instructed by high-level people, but he is not worthy of knowing the identity of high-level people. Frank's accessory was a ring, given by Russell, as proof that he, an Irishman, was fully accepted by the Italian gangster and became an important member of the family. The face of the ring is an 1851 gold coin of the Statue of Liberty surrounded by 25 diamonds. Russell said to Frank, "There are only three people in the world who have this, and only one of them is Irish. I had one, Angelo [another gangster in Pennsylvania] had one, and now you have one." The ring represents Frank Loyalty to Russell, but we should be clear that this loyalty is based on the fact that Russell is the source of his greatest interests. After Russell's death, this loyalty is difficult to express. This is also the most exciting place at the end of the film.
The CC poster chose a pair of relationship-focused performances from the official poster. The inspiration for the picture was taken from the movie at around 2:17. Netflix specially took a photo for this purpose, and CC expressed it in the form of oil painting.
Russell solemnly handed the ring to Frank at the recognition dinner organized by the union for Frank, and then said: "Do you know how strong I have made you, you are my child, and no one can move you."
CC celebrates the father-son loyalty between Russell and Frank with this poster.
When loyalty based on interests is carried out for a lifetime, it will also become a story. Frank in the film also kept a secret for Russell until his death, which is where the romance of the film is. However, the real Frank did not take this secret to the grave, but made it public, so there is the book "I Heard You Paint the House".
The official poster brings us wonderful details, and the CC poster amplifies the romanticism. This movie is an epic masterpiece, but it is the end of a glorious era. The facts are left to the newspapers and documentaries to explore. Martin Scorsese's romance will live forever!
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