I watched it last month in one setting, and liked it, even more than Casino. But I mildly agree with you about the indulgent editing. I think it works as a long form, And would not like to see it butchered down to 140 min or something, it but could be cut by 20 minutes or so with no loss of actual narrative, just by shortening 10” off a number of scenes that feel like someone forgot to yell cut! Maybe Scorsese is trying to make a comment on old men shuffling slowly off stage with this technique, if so he misjudged the effectiveness of the technique.
On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 9:47 AM M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: > I watched "The Irishman" a few weeks back over three consecutive nights. > Honestly, it struck me as being "Casino" with less interesting characters. > But my main issue was the director's inability (or unwillingness) to > self-edit; the whole thing felt very self-indulgent. There were whole > scenes that could have been edited out without affecting the story - > including a solid 30 seconds of Pesci & DeNiro just staring at each other > from across a nightclub table. I was (half-)joking on Oscar night that I'd > like to download the film and edit it down to just the stuff that drives > the story forward, and call it the "Get to the F**KING POINT ALREADY" > edition. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/5cd015e3-185b-452b-94d3-53d713f7f608%40googlegroups.com > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2Ba1xJQ-6-8H0_yzYWXzrys%3D1k7Du_huKs_54p3VPiRFg%40mail.gmail.com.
