Why the Most Ridiculous Part of 'The Irishman' Actually Works - The New York Times - 0 views
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there’s one immense difference between “The Irishman” and so much else in American culture.
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Whatever else a viewer might think about “The Irishman,” it can be commended for being curious about the exact opposite — about what things look like as they end.
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This is a film that can imagine what it’s like to look back on your life and see a version of the world that has expired, and to reckon with how that era was spent, and with whom, and what ruins were made of it, and why.
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