Ryan McNeil
Runtime
90 minutes
Show Contents:
0:00 Introduction
1:37 Know Your Enemy: Mike Lane
19:11 The New Slang: THE IRISHMAN
61:54 The Other Side: Mike and Ryan talk further reading after Martin Scorsese’s new film
Thoughts From Your Host…
There are a small handful of directors who have had Matineecasts about every one of their films since I went online ten years ago. Chris Nolan, PT Anderson, Alfonso Cuaron, Edgar Wright, and today’s director – Martin Scorsese.
The other names on that list are a little bit more circumstantial I mean, I like the films they make…but there are a lot of directors who will make me run a lot faster to the cinema.
Scorsese though? Clear my schedule.
I think that’s what makes today’s episode something special. It comes on the heels of getting to see a Scorsese film on a screen when many won’t get that opportunity…and, well…it leads to an interesting conversation. I wonder of our reactions to this film will be similar to others when they get a chance to Netflix it in a few weeks…or if in that time the conversation around this film might have shifted in some other way.
I mean, that’s often my wonder when i lock these episodes…since they become time capsules of a singular conversations. But I seldom wonder it about the storytellers who inspire me the way Scorsese does.
So whether you saw this film in a theatre, on your couch, or not at all…welcome to the conversation. Pull up a chair and make yourself comfy.
Links Mentioned on Episode 234:
Trailer for ASSASSINAUT
Trailer for TROUBLE IN THE GARDEN
Full video clip for THE SCULLY EFFECT
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Ryan, based on what I’ve been hearing, you’re in the minority when it comes to feeling the length. I personally didn’t feel antsy at all watching the film.
Also, I never considered the narration a mystery, since in real life Frank Sheeran gave a lengthy interview to former homicide prosecutor, investigator and defense attorney Charles Brand, which provided the basis of the memoir ”I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran and Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa,” which the film is an adaptation of.
I’m quite content being in the minority. Like I said in the conversation, I am not the sort of person who shies away from length … especially cerebral length where the runtime is used to immerse me fully in the world.
This wasn’t that – it was one storyteller overindulging his urges.
As for the narration being an extension of Frank’s interview/book – that doesn’t exist within the reality of this film. Again, as I said in the episode – He’s clearly speaking to SOMEONE (not breaking the fourth wall) but we’re never shown who.