The Irishman’s Last Ride
Raymond J. de Souza
February 7, 2020
Martin Scorsese’s homage to Mafiosos movies is ultimately a tale of life experienced from the perspective of eternity, Father Raymond de Souza writes.
In The Irishman the opening shot shuffles down the corridor of a nursing home, where a retired and decrepit Robert De Niro reflects upon his life as a Mafia hit man in Philadelphia, the assassin – he claims – of Jimmy Hoffa It is the last ride for Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Harv...