Theatrical cut - still pretty damn great.
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Frank 2012
Low-budget but strikingly shot UK drama about a man coping with mental illness in a rundown seaside town in the North East. Dark, and darkly imaginative, it features a terrific central performance from Darren Beaumont as the damaged Frank, who spends his time collecting anything and everything in his squalid flat – even two dead bodies he finds washed up on the shore. Not the easiest watch and it doesn’t completely work, but a memorable experience nonetheless.
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The Irishman 2019
A second viewing underlines the skill and power of Martin Scorsese as a storyteller, but I was less impressed by the performances this time - the 'uncanny valley' CGI remains an issue, but even beyond that, De Niro's Frank is a blank slate (perhaps that's the point, but as a result De Niro is just playing De Niro), while Pacino is more or less playing Pacino. Joe Pesci is quietly compelling though. The film is a slow burner with a…