The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006)
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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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and people are actually contributing
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This is my favorite part:domino harvey wrote: ↑Wed Feb 20, 2019 1:40 pmKickstarter campaign to digitally erase the rat from the final shot
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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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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Joke or not, that's one of the most straightforward and enjoyable Kickstarter pitch videos on the website.
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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).soundchaser wrote: ↑Wed Feb 20, 2019 1:55 pmJoke or not, that's one of the most straightforward and enjoyable Kickstarter pitch videos on the website.
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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.
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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That doesn't sound like something Ralph Wiggum would say.
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Now questioning why Roscoe watched a later season Simpsons episode because Ralph very much said it in a Departed parody.
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mfunk's point still stands
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As does Ralphie's.
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Someone needs to do a Kickstarter to go back in time and make The Simpsons end after "Homer's Enemy"
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Never actually seen the entire broadcast -- the clip is often mentioned in discussions of the movie.Big Ben wrote: ↑Wed Feb 20, 2019 3:03 pmNow questioning why Roscoe watched a later season Simpsons episode because Ralph very much said it in a Departed parody.
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Ralph Wiggum is a dim kid, you see - he wouldn't be able to pick up on... ah, nevermind
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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!)
(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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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.