I thought Killers was his best late career work we've gotten, post The Departed, where I feel he was actually starting to make the movies he wanted to make. It was my favourite film of that year. All the same Oscars for Opp to Killers. I like this comparison. I might have been more inclined to talk about Kundun though.
Have you seen "Mean Streets?" And, I love "Kundun." I just wish it wasn't in English. There's something odd about Tibetan monks speaking perfect English that doesn't work.
Of course. But I don't see the parallels as strongly with that film. The English speaking monks (at least in higher ranks) may not be that unusual or unordinary either. Though compelled to speak Mandarin today, a lot of English remains from English colonial expansion up from India. I went to Tibet in 2017.
I thought Killers was his best late career work we've gotten, post The Departed, where I feel he was actually starting to make the movies he wanted to make. It was my favourite film of that year. All the same Oscars for Opp to Killers. I like this comparison. I might have been more inclined to talk about Kundun though.
Sorry to bring it up but I have a certain distain for The Departed with the Oscars narrative attached.
"The Wolf of Wall Street" and "Killers" might be Top 5 for me:
1.) Taxi Driver
2.) Raging Bull
3.) Killers of the Flower Moon
4.) Casino
5.) The Wolf of Wall Street
MY list, people . . .
Have you seen "Mean Streets?" And, I love "Kundun." I just wish it wasn't in English. There's something odd about Tibetan monks speaking perfect English that doesn't work.
Of course. But I don't see the parallels as strongly with that film. The English speaking monks (at least in higher ranks) may not be that unusual or unordinary either. Though compelled to speak Mandarin today, a lot of English remains from English colonial expansion up from India. I went to Tibet in 2017.
You picked a favorite filmmaker of mine. Really love your article and the parallels between Goodfellas and Killers of the Flower Moon.