Based on real events this is a three-hour movie set across several decades after WW2. Well-cast with lots of the extras looking like they belong in earlier decades. A truck driver for the Teamsters union gets hired by an Italian mob as a gunman. The plot jumps around from different years but it's very watchable. The violent scenes are brief and it cuts in TV clips from past years. I liked the Don Rickles reference. PIcture shows the male-dominated era where women took a back role. Low-key music, superb script and very well edited. Not as flashy as expected but involving and the main characters have depth. Reminds me of gritty Hollywood from the 1940s like Thieves highway and the French crime films from the 1960s. Memorable film that you won't forget.
Title: The Irishman
Genre: Gangster
New/old: New
Cinema/DVD: Cinema
Monday 11 November 2019
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