Martin Scorsese sat down for a q & a today following a Director’s Fortnight screening of his classic Mean Streets. The 75 year-old was wearing mauve socks, a nod to De Niro in "Casino?" Regardless, the most fascinating part of this rather slowly-elaborated conversation happened when Scorsese mentioned that his upcoming "The Irishman," contains about “300 scenes.” What? That's enough for an 8 hour mini-series, not a 3 hour flick. A typical movie would have, what, around 60-70 sequences?
There's a New York Times story that confirms the reported “300 scenes” quote. So, is "The Irishman" gonna be a Netlix miniseries and also have, ala Assayas' "Carlos," a shorter theatrical version for Oscar consideration? Who knows.
"The Irishman," is the real-life saga of Jimmy Hoffa’s supposed assassin, and stars Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Anna Paquin, Bobby Cannavale, Harvey Keitel and Ray Romano.
Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's "You Can See Everything" has been in theaters for, what, three days? And it's already the highest-rated feature film of all time on Letterboxd.