World premiere at the New York film festival, festival operations worldwide, a limited theatrical release in the United States, finally, the Netflix Premiere on may 27. November: Scorsese Film with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino is a media event.
More Hype is not. Martin Scorsese is in spite of other greats such as Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola or Quentin Tarantino in experts as the best Director in America. What is also a matter of taste and is a subjective assessment, of course, remains always. But to call Scorsese most important American film-makers in recent American cinema history, would probably meet with little opposition.
A Scorsese Film is always an event. Since then, the Director has registered with such films as “Taxi Driver,” “Raging Bull” and “Gangs of New York” in the history books of cinema, love him audiences and critics. And in contrast to his colleagues of the “New Hollywood”cinema of the 1942 New York-born Scorsese is as a Director is active.
Martin Scorsese has since the 1970s, one of the leading American Directors
At the end of the 1960s, and in the following decade, Arthur Penn, Mike Nichols, Robert Altman, and others, had lifted the then artistically bled US cinema from the fishing: with new themes and a new Aesthetics. Movies like “The Graduate”, “Bonnie and Clyde” and “Easy Rider” stood at the beginning. Scorsese was in the following years to become one of the most important Directors of this cinematic reinvention of cinema. And: The Americans with Italian roots, has remained its artistic roots, the Blockbuster cinema and superhero movies have never interested.
The blood of the young and the young at the beginning of their careers: Jodie Foster and De Niro in “Taxi Driver”
To have been his speciality Mafia, however, movies, New York remained his favourite venue. Works such as “Goodfellas”, “Casino” or “The Departed” defined the crime-film genre in a completely new. With “The Irishman” continues the Director, now. The cast of his new film is likely to have fuelled the already in the run-up to the Premiere, resulting Hype about the “new Scorsese” in addition.
Traumduo of the American cinema in “The Irishman” combines
With Robert De Niro, the Director has already shot eight movies, he is considered to be his favorite actor. And here, too, the experts have used in the past to superlatives: “best actor of his Generation” is De Niro not been described rarely. Scorsese/De Niro are considered to be Traumduo of the new American cinema, no longer worked for over 20 years. In addition to De Niro and Al Pacino in a main role in the Film has taken, gives “The Irishman” in addition, Star-weight. Also the Scorsese-actor Joe Pesci returned to Film after almost 20 years of canvas abstinence.
At the beginning, still side by side: Hoffa (Al Pacino) and Sheeran (De Niro)
Scorsese tells the story of the US criminal history, a legendary contract killer Frank ‘The Irishman’ Sheeran over a period of several decades. The Director has based on the 2004 book published life history Sheerans of US-author Charles Brandt. Sheeran, in the Film, De Niro embodies, was in the Second world war as an American soldier in Europe.
Career of a contract killer Frank Sheeran
After the war, he earned his living in various Occupations until he had been in contact to Mafia circles. There he developed into a ruthless contract killer in the Cosa Nostra. Sheeran is said to have been involved, among other things, in 1975 for the murder of the powerful US trade Union boss Jimmy Hoffa (in the Film: Al Pacino). Multiple sources cite him as the main offender. The murder of Hoffa, until today not fully elucidated in the US is considered one of the most talked-about crimes of the criminal history. Especially because Hoffas body was found never. Only seven years after the Disappearance of the powerful trade unionist, the numerous Mafia contacts shown could be Hoffa officially declared for death.
Negotiations in the Mafia backroom: Sheeran (De Niro R) and Russell Bufalino (Joe Pesci)
This crime is at the heart of the film. Scorsese shows in long flashbacks – the memories Frank Sheerans -the life of a Mafia contract killer. That seems to have engulfed a large part of the production: All actors had to go through a huge process of ageing, a challenge for the trick of the departments of “Industrial Light & Magic” (“Star Wars”) – controlled.
The production costs for “The Irishman” got out of hand
“The Irishman” is now probably the most expensive Scorsese-movie. This led to the producer and the performer Studio (“Paramount”) exits from the project, and the streaming provider Netflix and the production of “The Irishman” took over. This, in turn, led to the speculation about the Premiere of the new Scorsese-plant were a much-discussed topic in the industry.
Also, the expensive equipment costs devoured much of the production
A very expensive movie (it cost approximately $ 200 million production and $ 100 million in the sale to Netflix and the speech) of this Director, and absolute cinema-lover, only in a small frosted disc for use in the home? The new Film of a man who has worked for many years in a leading position for the Film on the big screen and with a lot of money, the treasures of cinema history restoration can, in the case of a streaming provider? For many of Scorsese’s Fans and cinema lovers it is really a dinosaur.
With “Roma”, managed a first Coup, Netflix is now hoping for “The Irishman”
Netflix had recently landed with the Film “Roma,” a Coup, even a theater production that changed during the production process to the streaming provider. Because, however, the Oscar ceremonies have only movies a Chance, have previously been shown to be at least a week in Los Angeles in the cinema, came to “Roma” short movie. The Film of Mexican Director Alfonso Cuaron turned out to be for Netflix as a very good advertisement. He was invited to the Festival in Venice, won the Golden lion award – and then for several Oscars.
Traumduo of the American film: De Niro and Scorsese, here in the year 2010
The game could now repeat itself in the case of “The Irishman.” The celebrates 27. September at the New York Film Festival world premiere, and was then shown at Festivals in the USA, Europe and Asia. In the US, Scorsese starts latest work on 1.11. also, with only a few copies in a few cinemas in the country – in the UK is from 8.11. a limited cinema use. The Oscar chances are protected. The actual Start-up when Netflix is for the 27. November provided.