OT: Scorsese's The Irishman -- A Great New Film Clip (VERY MINOR SPOILERS)

I haven't seen the movie. So the spoilers are minor.

But two clips have been released to the Internet and I find one of them to be quite delicious.

Its a showcase for Al Pacino, with Robert DeNiro quietly sitting by for "minor quality support" along with another lesser guy, as Pacino as Jimmy Hoffa faces off in Florida against Stephen Graham(a Brit playing a gangster who looks and SOUNDS straight out of The Sopranos.)

I don't know if "The Irishman" is a masterpiece, but the scene is really tasty.

I won't spoil it except to note that Pacino here hits a lot of his current "notes" -- a far deeper voice than that of his youth(ala Nicholson in his old age) stretching out his lines, then hitting hard on them (like his lost contemporary Nicholson, both men love to hit the final "T" in words hard: "No, its noTT!" But we don't seem to have Nicholson anymore, so Pacino's gotta carry this load.)

Pacino also does that little outta nowhere harsh laugh he has perfected in recent years. Its a miniature tour de force of Late Pacino Flourish...and a classic study of an "old man" who has kept a young man's menace and rage.

One more thing: in its own "old guy" way, this scene reminds me very much of the famous scene in The Godfather -- in Vegas where Pacino's Michael Corleone meets Vegas casino gangster Moe Greene(Alex Rocco).

its kind of an homage.

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The other film clip scene involves DeNiro at greater length, Pacino(still commanding as Hoffa) and Joe Pesci...in their "de-aged states." You barely notice it.

The Irishman "locks in" to Netflix on November 27, but I managed to cadge tickets to see it in a theater in a coupla weeks. I have to drive a long way, but I'll make a day of it.

...and leave this thread up for "use."