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Originally Posted by Severian
Oh shit, I forgot about Silence! I wonder if it's come to our little shithole theater yet. Definitely feels like a passion-project for Scorsese, as opposed to the "Scorsese" film-as-mini-genre (Goodfellas, The Departed, Wolf of Wall Street). More Kundun than Taxi Driver, I guess. But still... I loved Kundun.
Raging Bull is one of the best films of the 20th century. Fucking depressing, tragic, hard for me to watch, but goddammit, it's the performance of a lifetime for DeNiro. I often find myself going back and forth between this and Taxi Driver as his peak performance... couldn't tell you where I stand now, but this is definitely one of the best screen performances of all time in my book.
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Yeah I haven't really been excited for a Scorsese picture in years. This one seems like it'll be different but who knows. I love the guy but honestly his list of great films he's made is very very short. I do love the fact that he lives and breaths cinema. He's on almost every special feature I've ever seen in a DVD and involved a lot in restorations and film history. Love the dude for sure. Quote him all the time "great pictcha".
I didn't comment on the De Niro performance because it's been written about enough and I can't add much but yeah... he's terrifying.
Last one I saw: High Noon - oh man this one brings home the goods. The clocks. The old love triangle hidden underneath. How pitiful of a hero Gary Cooper is. And then the climax lasts for like .5 seconds and then it just ends. Great great great western.