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Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman to premiere at New York Film Festival

The Netflix film will feature Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci.

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2019-07-29 19:36
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Film director Martin Scorsese unveils a English Heritage blue plaque to film makers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger at Dorset House in London.

Film director Martin Scorsese unveils a English Heritage blue plaque to film makers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger at Dorset House in London.

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Martin Scorsese’s big-budget mafia epic The Irishman will premiere as the opening night film at the 57th New York Film Festival, Film At Lincoln Centre announced on Monday.

The selection, with the premiere set for September 27, gives Scorsese a hometown launch for one of his most anticipated films.

The Irishman is Scorsese’s 125 million US dollar Netflix film about the reflections of a former Jimmy Hoffa associate and hit man.

Its genre and cast, including Robert De Niro as Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran, Al Pacino as Jimmy Hoffa and Joe Pesci as Russell Bufalino, have long tantalised fans of the 76-year-old filmmaker.

Martin Scorsese’s richly textured epic of American crime THE IRISHMAN, starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci, will World Premiere as the Opening Night selection of the 57th #NYFF on September 27! https://t.co/stdedLtmnV pic.twitter.com/DPWcQ9gvuC

— New York Film Festival (@TheNYFF) July 29, 2019

“It’s in the milieu of the pictures we’ve done together and are known for, in a sense, but I hope from a different vantage point,” Scorsese said earlier this year at a Tribeca Film Festival event.

“Years have gone by and we see things in a special way, I hope.”

New York Film Festival Director Kent Jones, a frequent collaborator with Scorsese, said in a statement that The Irishman is “the work of masters, made with a command of the art of cinema that I’ve seen very rarely in my lifetime, and it plays out at a level of subtlety and human intimacy that truly stunned me.”

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Netflix is planning a robust awards season push for The Irishman, including a not-yet-dated release in select cinemas later this year.

How widely Netflix will release it remains to be seen; major cinema chains have thus far refused to play films that do not adhere to a traditional exclusive theatrical release window of 90 days.

The Intern European Premiere – London
Robert de Niro is a cast member in The Irishman (Yui Mok/PA)

Netflix has said holding movies back from its streaming service does not serve its subscribers.

In an interview in June, Scorsese said Netflix was the only one willing to bankroll the ambitious film, based on Charles Brandt’s I Heard You Paint Houses.

“No one else did. No one else did,” said Scorsese, who also turned to Netflix for his Bob Dylan documentary Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story By Martin Scorsese.

“We decided to make it with the understanding that it’ll maybe never be shown in theatres. They said, ‘You would have a time in theatres’ — a few weeks or whatever. I said fine. The idea was to make the movie, you see.”

"It’s the work of masters, made with a command of the art of cinema that I’ve seen very rarely in my lifetime, and it plays out at a level of subtlety and human intimacy that truly stunned me." – Kent Jones on THE IRISHMAN

See the full announcement: https://t.co/stdedLtmnV #NYFF pic.twitter.com/7Pq6AeiK1N

— New York Film Festival (@TheNYFF) July 29, 2019

Scorsese has also lamented the major studios’ reliance on blockbusters.

“I don’t do those,” said Scorsese.

“There’s only so much time in your life. I need to make these movies. I just need to. So where do I go?”

The filmmaker on Monday said he was grateful for the New York Film Festival selection (his first as the opening night film) and praised the festival as “critical to bringing awareness to cinema from around the world”.

The New York Film Festival runs from September 27 to October 13.

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