The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006)

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Re: The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006)

#376 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Thu Dec 01, 2016 5:52 am

I watched this again last night. The movie has been on my mind a little because I think it serves as a bit of an allegory on what it says about Americans (in a purely plural sense) post 9/11, and maybe now especially. That by making some of the choices we did at the ballot box, it shows we all have the characteristics of the three main characters. If this sounds reaching and pretentious I can understand, but I think there's some validity in that.


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Re: The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006)

#378 Post by Fiery Angel » Wed Feb 20, 2019 1:49 pm

and people are actually contributing

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Re: The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006)

#379 Post by Roger Ryan » Wed Feb 20, 2019 1:52 pm

This is my favorite part:

Step 5: Because my end goal is to make this rat-less version of The Departed the official version of the film, and because Scorsese shot The Departed on film, I need $414.59 to print the digital file onto 35mm film (Actually I need £318 because a British company was the only place that responded to my request).

Step 6: Since I have no way of viewing 35mm film, I need $169.92 to scan the film print and convert it to a digital file so I can view it myself.


Keep in mind, the organizer has already budgeted for a Blu-ray player and a copy of the film on Blu-ray (neither of which he owns), as well as software to rip the content from the disc. That file is the one he wants to transfer to 35mm film and then back to digital!

He could save himself a lot of work and just do a hard-cut to black at the end of the penultimate shot (which, in my opinion, would end the film just as well as a needless shot showing the Boston skyline without the rat).

The whole campaign has to be a joke, right?
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Re: The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006)

#380 Post by domino harvey » Wed Feb 20, 2019 1:53 pm

I think he knows full well he will be shut down by WB’s lawyers, as do the backers, which is why they can pony up money they know will be refunded

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Re: The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006)

#381 Post by soundchaser » Wed Feb 20, 2019 1:55 pm

Joke or not, that's one of the most straightforward and enjoyable Kickstarter pitch videos on the website.

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Re: The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006)

#382 Post by Roger Ryan » Wed Feb 20, 2019 2:04 pm

soundchaser wrote:
Wed Feb 20, 2019 1:55 pm
Joke or not, that's one of the most straightforward and enjoyable Kickstarter pitch videos on the website.
After actually watching the video (should have done that first), the whole thing is clearly a gag...although one that I think the organizer will follow through on (he'll just skip the part where he transfers the Blu-ray file to 35mm and back to a digital file).

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Re: The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006)

#383 Post by Roscoe » Wed Feb 20, 2019 2:42 pm

Ralphie Wiggum said it best -- "The rat symbolizes obviousness!"

I say leave it there. If Scorsese wants something so ridiculously obvious that even The Simpsons can mock it with Ralphie Wiggum, then fine -- leave it right where it is.

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Re: The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006)

#384 Post by mfunk9786 » Wed Feb 20, 2019 3:00 pm

That doesn't sound like something Ralph Wiggum would say.

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Re: The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006)

#385 Post by Big Ben » Wed Feb 20, 2019 3:03 pm

Now questioning why Roscoe watched a later season Simpsons episode because Ralph very much said it in a Departed parody.

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Re: The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006)

#386 Post by swo17 » Wed Feb 20, 2019 3:06 pm

mfunk's point still stands

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Re: The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006)

#387 Post by Roscoe » Wed Feb 20, 2019 3:07 pm

As does Ralphie's.

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Re: The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006)

#388 Post by swo17 » Wed Feb 20, 2019 3:08 pm

Someone needs to do a Kickstarter to go back in time and make The Simpsons end after "Homer's Enemy"

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Re: The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006)

#389 Post by Roscoe » Wed Feb 20, 2019 3:11 pm

Big Ben wrote:
Wed Feb 20, 2019 3:03 pm
Now questioning why Roscoe watched a later season Simpsons episode because Ralph very much said it in a Departed parody.
Never actually seen the entire broadcast -- the clip is often mentioned in discussions of the movie.

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Re: The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006)

#390 Post by mfunk9786 » Wed Feb 20, 2019 3:35 pm

Ralph Wiggum is a dim kid, you see - he wouldn't be able to pick up on... ah, nevermind

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Re: The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006)

#391 Post by Roscoe » Wed Feb 20, 2019 3:44 pm

mfunk9786 wrote:
Wed Feb 20, 2019 3:35 pm
Ralph Wiggum is a dim kid, you see - he wouldn't be able to pick up on... ah, nevermind
Yup. Ralphie's a dim kid. And even he sees how obvious -- ah, nevermind....

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Re: The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006)

#392 Post by colinr0380 » Sun Feb 24, 2019 4:31 am

This also seems particularly silly in a world where George Lucas exists and has messed with not only the Star Wars films but his fantastic original THX-1138 by adding in extra CGI stuff to 'enhance' the world whilst simultaneously undermining the original philosophy and stark minimalist aesthetic underpinning the work itself. There's currently no original version of that film in circulation.

(Another connection being that Donald Pleasance's character, on his abortive attempt to escape the underground city by going to the end of the subway line, sees a rat in the original version of the scene while in the 2004 director's cut it has been replaced by a mutated sci-fi creature of some sort. The rat seemed enough in itself for that moment!)



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Re: The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006)

#395 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Thu Dec 02, 2021 12:49 am

I must have mentioned it here before but did anyone else notice that the scene where Costigan storms out of therapy, and it leads to him and Madolyn exchange numbers looking an awful lot like a scene from Top Gun? Specifically the scene where you hear the first notes of “Take My Breath Away”? I saw this opening night and recognized the shot immediately. It was kind of a small highlight for me. It’s not as crucial to the story as some of the many other references here but it really sticks out to me as a side-by-side thing.

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