Get Ready for the Academy Awards in Paris
If you haven’t seen Scorsese’s The Departed yet, you should! This is Christina’s pick for Best Picture Academy Award Winner this year. It opened in Paris movie theaters in November, but if you’re looking for its French title, ‘Les Infiltres’ is the translation. Here’s a site for screenings.
Some of the French critics
have given Scorsese ten out of ten for the performance he has elicited from DiCaprio, Nicholson and Damon. Scorsese’s film is particularly poignant because he is addressing the issue of allegiances in a world that’s become more and more obscure. No one any longer has a clear idea of allegiances and hanging onto one’s own identity has become a major challenge for many. It is particularly fitting that the hero (DiCaprio) wants his identity more than anything (Money, Recognition, or even the Girl).
Scorsese’s Departed is not only the film of the year - it should be the film of the millenium - brilliant in every way. Congratulations! By the way, is anyone else a little concerned that the only one who survives in this story is the shrink?
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Matt Damon is simply fabulous in everything. Good Shepherd was good but it didn’t stay with me in the way that The Departed will for years to come. We saw The Good Shepherd before Christmas - another film of that era “Good Night and Good Luck” (for me) was much more powerful and meaningful in present day terms. Did someone say about Mark Wahlberg’s character - ‘underneath it all he’s a really nice guy’ I guess if anyone can find the underneath - that’s the shrink. Sounds like a sequel.
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What about Mark Wahlberg? He survives. He and the shrink will get together and live happily - after going through lengthy therapy sessions for “the departed”.
Nicholson was superb (and I don’t care for him one bit), DiCaprio is developing into quite a fine actor. He’s great in Blood Diamond.
Damon is fabulous in The Good Shepherd.
Did you see The Departed in French or English?
It is believed that those people who speak more than one language, are more likely NOT to get dementia later. Whoa - for you!