The Irishman: In Conversation (2019) User Reviews (6)

The Irishman: in conversation

[Prismark10 · 6/10 · 30 November 2019]

A short but fun roundtable discussion on the making of Martin Scorsese's The Irishman.

Scorsese appears with his main actors. Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Al Pacino who tends to ask most of the questions. Pesci bought his pet cat for the talk, it's on his head.

The film had a long and complicated history before it got to the screen. It is nice to hear Scorsese's thoughts on the movie as well as De Niro who serves as both star and producer. It is De Niro who liked the book on Sheeran and bought the project to Scorsese.

Pacino was grateful that Hoffa had so much footage he could look up for research.

The interesting aspect was the work needed to de-age the actors. Pesci who had mainly been away from screen acting for 20 years found it strange to walk on set and see these huge cameras with multiple lenses which were going to be used by ILM technicians to make them look younger.

Scorsese talked about how when scenes were shot, the actors had to move differently depending on what age they were in the scene.

When Pacino first appeared on set as Hoffa, he got up too slowly from his seat for the scene that was being filmed. This is the first time Pacino has worked with Scorsese. When the crew noticed that Pacino's movement was too slow for the younger Hoffa, They told Scorsese. He was reluctant to tell Pacino because of his temperamental reputation. He ordered one of them to tell Pacino which they also declined to do.

Simple, funny and insightful - all you could ask for

[Horst_In_Translation · 8/10 · 7 June 2020]

"The Irishman: In Conversation" includes director Martin Scorsese as well as actors De Niro, Pacino and Pesci talking about the really long film mentioned in the title. This is a little add-on from 2019 that runs for 24 minutes and gives us information from this quartet of key players about the movie. I haave seen "The Irishman" back when it was released and sadly I must say it was one oif my least favorite Scorsese films overall. He is never bad, but that one was not as great as some of his other works, just good overall and I cannot deny it dragged a bit here and there. However, we spoke about the film before and will not do it now again. In fact, I liked this little take on things more than the actual movie. Sit these 4 really established artists in a room and listen. The outcome is very interesting. They were all in their 70s when this was made and with the exception of Pacino, who had his 80th birthday a few days ago, they still are. So no matter what it is you hear in here, it is always somewhat mesmerizing. Be it the mention how Pesci's character never says that Hoffa must be killed, be it the joking about the gang making films for another 30 years and the "Sorry Joe" directed at Pesci because he has not acted a lot in recent years, be it the little poking fun at Pacino's character and how he gets up too slowly for his age, be it the references to other movies (some they worked on like "Raging Bull" and "Mean Streets", some they did not like "Elephant Man"), it all works out nicely. I would be interested to see what the amount of speaking here was percentage-wise. Scorsese sure had the most, he is such a fast speaker really. And De Niro maybe the least, but that's alright as he is the star at the center of the film. I really liked this one a lot and I think they should make stuff like that more frequently. Nice beard on Pesci too I'd say. The only thing related to "The Irishman" that I imagine more fun than watching this would be a full commentary of the quartet watching the movie together and elaborating on certain scenes. Now that would be great. Also I had no idea Scorsese and Pacino never worked on a film together, high time it happened. Pity the outcome did not turn out any better. Then again, Pacino's performance is probably my favorite aspect from the entire movie and he has really been growing on me over the years, although I was always more Team De Niro. Not anymore, also because how involved her is with politics all the time apparently. Curious to watch all of Pacino's stuff in the future. And this includes this little documentary as well. Huge thumbs-up and one of my favorites from 2019. please do this more often, Netflix and everybody else. That was highly enjoyable. The only one who bored me a bit from these four was De Niro surprisingly. Or not surprisingly. Not sure in fact. What I could not be more sure about is that you should watch this if you have seen "The Irishman" unless you really really hated it for some reason. But even if you found it only mediocre, it's worth going for because so did I and I still enjoyed the hell out of their talk here. And if you loved the movie, then it is definitely a must-see anyway. Big thumbs-up.

Know more about The Irishman

[AvionPrince16 · 7/10 · 5 October 2021]

They talk about the movie that they made: the Irishman. So we have an interesting overview of the movie, the technology that they used, the problems of directing the movie. The use of a brand new technology to be more young, i mean visually. They talked also about things happend during the set and it was very interesting and funny. I recommend if you want to know more about irishman, the technical part.

Prestige

[Marwan-Bob · 9/10 · 12 December 2019]

The only problem I had with this conversation is that it was only 20-minutes long. I can listen to these guys talk all day.

A Perfect Conversation

[patrickfilbeck · 10/10 · 4 February 2022]

This short documentary based on Martin Scorsese's late masterpiece The Irishman (2019) is an intimate, beautifully lit round-table discussion in a beautiful, atmospheric restaurant. The topics of discussion cover the film work in general, the collaborations of those present (Scorsese, Pesci, Deniro, Pacino), the story of "The Irishman" and how it differs from the plots of other Scorsese films, the lives and ages of the cast and their digital rejuvenation. It's fun and very interesting to listen to the four men talk, watch them drink, compare their perspectives, observe their mutual respect and their down-to-earthness.

Like the film this short documentary is about, The Irishman: In Conversation is a masterpiece of its craft and a perfect complement to the film. Not only, but above all, a must for cineastes and lovers of cinematic art. This conversation could have gone longer.

The special effects were bad

[allanmichael30 · 1/10 · 7 December 2019]

The special effects were dodgy and didn't work 100% so to see Scorsese saying that marvel movies are just not real movies and then he creates a C.G.I monster, it was a bit hypocritical but in a way he was right. The Irish man movie needed to be edited, as its clearly not as sharp as any other Scorsese's films and was too long. This film for me was not a total flop and had some good parts and was worth watching and i will watch it again and again,but lacks more than it delivers.