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A30    PEOPLE & ARTS
              Saturday 28 September 2019
                                                                      Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’


                                                                      premieres in New York


                                                                      By JAKE COYLE AP             Twitter. The film is also one  before  his  death,  he  con-
                                                                      Film Writer                  of Netflix’s biggest bets yet.  fessed  to  killing  Jimmy
                                                                      NEW  YORK  (AP)  —  Martin  The  streaming  company  Hoffa  (played  by  Pacino).
                                                                      Scorsese’s  “The  Irishman”  plunked down $159 million  Pesci  plays  the  mob  boss
                                                                      premiered  Friday  at  the  to make “The Irishman” af-    Russell Bufalino.
                                                                      New York Film Festival, final-  ter  other  studios  passed.  “The   Irishman”   surveys
                                                                      ly raising the curtain on the  Scorsese,  speaking  in  a  Sheeran’s long life in crime.
                                                                      director’s   long-awaited,  Q&A  alongside  cast  and  But  where  “GoodFellas”
                                                                      209-minute    crime-drama  producers, said that Netflix  was  glamorous,  “The  Irish-
            In  this  Sept.  5,  2019  file  photo,  Martin  Scorsese  attends  the   opus.        was the only one willing to  man” is sober.
            premiere for “Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The   Though  the  film’s  genre  bankroll the movie.        It’s a big statement for the
            Band” on day one of the Toronto International Film Festival at the   and  cast,  including  Rob-  “We  couldn’t  get  backing  76-year-old director. Scors-
            Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto.
                                                     Associated Press  ert De Niro and Joe Pesci,  for  years,”  Scorsese  said.  ese  and  his  producers  of-
                                                                      has  led  some  to  expect  a  “It’s  a  costly  experiment,  fered some impressive sta-
                                                                      gangster thriller in the mold  but  (Netflix  chief  content  tistics on the movie’s scope:
                                                                      of  “GoodFellas”  or  “Ca-   officer  Ted  Sarandos)  and  108  days  of  shooting,  117
                                                                      sino,”  ‘’The  Irishman”  is  a  everyone at Netflix was like,  locations, 309 scenes.
                                                                      more  reflective,  less  flashy  ‘We’ll go with it.’”     The  ambitious  size  of  “The
                                                                      rumination on morality, vio-  Scorsese  called  his  film  Irishman”  is  part  of  what
                                                                      lence and American pow-      “an  interesting  hybrid”  as  scared away other studios,
                                                                      er. Through de-aging visual  both  something  made  for  along  with  the  expensive
                                                                      effects,  the  performances  theaters  and  for  watching  de-aging   process   used
                                                                      by  De  Niro,  Pesci  and  Al  at  home.  It  will  open  the-  to  make  De  Niro,  Pesci
                                                                      Pacino span decades.         atrically  Nov.  1  and  begin  and  Pacino  appear  years
                                                                      “The     Irishman”     was  streaming on Nov. 27.         younger  in  significant  sec-
                                                                      screened  for  members  of  “All  of  us  now  are  in  an  tions  of  the  movie.  Nine
                                                                      the  press  Friday  morning  extraordinary   time    of  cameras were used to film
                                                                      ahead  of  its  evening  red  change,”  Scorsese  said.  those scenes.
                                                                      carpet  premiere  as  the  “But  when  it  comes  down  Scorsese  initially  did  a
                                                                      opening night gala for the  to it, I felt — Bob (De Niro)  screen test and compared
                                                                      New York Film Festival. The  felt — the picture had to be  his digitally altered De Niro
                                                                      film’s debut has loomed like  made for ourselves.”        to the De Niro of “GoodFel-
                                                                      few other events on the film  Based  on  Charles  Brandt’s  las.”
                                                                      calendar, and a rare frenzy  book  “I  Heard  You  Paint  When  the  actor,  76,  saw
                                                                      greeted  it  at  Lincoln  Cen-  Houses,”  ‘’The  Irishman”  himself  de-aged,  he  joked
                                                                      ter’s  Alice  Tully  Hall.  First-  has been in development,  that  he  could  extend  his
                                                                      reactions  from  critics  were  on  and  off,  for  more  than  career another 30 years.
                                                                      largely  laudatory.  “Let’s  a  decade.  It  stars  De  Niro  Scorsese  described  the  in-
                                                                      not  doubt  Martin  Scorsese  as  Frank  Sheeran,  a  mafia  tensive  effects  process  as
                                                                      ever again,” said New York  hitman  and  high-ranking  more  than  making  their
                                                                      magazine’s  Bilge  Ebiri  on  Teamster  official.  Shortly  faces more youthful.q

                                                                      Split no more, Spider-Man gets another

                                                                      swing with Marvel


                                                                                                                                way to work together.
                                                                                                                                The studios said Friday that
                                                                                                                                they would be teaming up
                                                                                                                                once  more  to  produce  a
                                                                                                                                third “Spider-Man” film star-
                                                                                                                                ring Tom Holland.
                                                                                                                                Disputes  over  the  profit-
                                                                                                                                sharing  structure  put  Spi-
                                                                                                                                dey’s  future  in  the  MCU  in
                                                                                                                                doubt,  much  to  the  cha-
                                                                                                                                grin of many fans who had
                                                                                                                                enjoyed   seeing    Spider-
                                                                                                                                Man fighting alongside The
                                                                                                                                Avengers.  Marvel  Studios
                                                                                                                                president  Kevin  Feige  said
                                                                                                                                in  a  statement  that  he’s
                                                                                                                                thrilled that the character’s
                                                                      This image released by Columbia Pictures shows Tom Holland in   journey in the MCU is con-
                                                                      a scene from “Spider-Man: Homecoming.”                    tinuing.  Producer Amy Pas-
                                                                                                               Associated Press  cal added that it has been
                                                                      LOS  ANGELES  (AP)  —  Spi-  After  a  public  fallout  last  a “winning partnership” for
                                                                      der-Man  won’t  be  leaving  month, Sony Pictures Enter-  both studios.
                                                                      the  Marvel  Cinematic  Uni-  tainment and The Walt Dis-  The next Spidey film will hit
                                                                      verse anytime soon.          ney  Studios  have  found  a  theaters on July 16, 2021.q
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