The Irishman: In Conversation

The only problem I had with this conversation is that it was only 20-minutes long. I can listen to these guys talk all day.

The special effects were dodgy and didn't work 100% so to see Scorsese saying that marvel movies are just not real movies and then he creates a C.G.I monster, it was a bit hypocritical but in a way he was right. The Irish man movie needed to be edited, as its clearly not as sharp as any other Scorsese's films and was too long. This film for me was not a total flop and had some good parts and was worth watching and i will watch it again and again,but lacks more than it delivers.

A short but fun roundtable discussion on the making of Martin Scorsese's The Irishman.

Scorsese appears with his main actors. Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Al Pacino who tends to ask most of the questions. Pesci bought his pet cat for the talk, it's on his head.

The film had a long and complicated history before it got to the screen. It is nice to hear Scorsese's thoughts on the movie as well as De Niro who serves as both star and producer. It is De Niro who liked the book on Sheeran and bought the project to Scorsese.

Pacino was grateful that Hoffa had so much footage he could look up for research.

The interesting aspect was the work needed to de-age the actors. Pesci who had mainly been away from screen acting for 20 years found it strange to walk on set and see these huge cameras with multiple lenses which were going to be used by ILM technicians to make them look younger.

Scorsese talked about how when scenes were shot, the actors had to move differently depending on what age they were in the scene.

When Pacino first appeared on set as Hoffa, he got up too slowly from his seat for the scene that was being filmed. This is the first time Pacino has worked with Scorsese. When the crew noticed that Pacino's movement was too slow for the younger Hoffa, They told Scorsese. He was reluctant to tell Pacino because of his temperamental reputation. He ordered one of them to tell Pacino which they also declined to do.

I'm not sure why I didn't watch this earlier, but it was fun. It was a nice, quick watch, given it's less than half an hour long and it really just has Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Al Pacino sitting around a table, talking about The Irishman and a few other things here and there. I would've been happy if it had been twice as long, as maybe even three or four times as long.

The four of them are all pretty switched on for people of their age, and they have some engaging insights into the film they've made, and their legacies. It can't go super in-depth, owing to how short this documentary is, and I wish it had been longer, because I genuinely can't imagine that would make it worse.

This is also another excuse to say The Irishman is on the same level as all the other Scorsese masterpieces, and more people will agree one day. Yes, it's long, but it moves like a beast. It's not perfect, but any flaws amount to nitpicks when it's 200-ish minutes long, and about 200 of those minutes are perfect.

So I was always going to enjoy a short documentary featuring the people involved with The Irishman talking about The Irishman. Again, I'm really not sure why it took me nearly six years to get around to this.

This short documentary based on Martin Scorsese's late masterpiece The Irishman (2019) is an intimate, beautifully lit round-table discussion in a beautiful, atmospheric restaurant. The topics of discussion cover the film work in general, the collaborations of those present (Scorsese, Pesci, Deniro, Pacino), the story of "The Irishman" and how it differs from the plots of other Scorsese films, the lives and ages of the cast and their digital rejuvenation. It's fun and very interesting to listen to the four men talk, watch them drink, compare their perspectives, observe their mutual respect and their down-to-earthness.

Like the film this short documentary is about, The Irishman: In Conversation is a masterpiece of its craft and a perfect complement to the film. Not only, but above all, a must for cineastes and lovers of cinematic art. This conversation could have gone longer.