Martin Scorsese on Netflix Backing "Costly Experiment" of 'The Irishman' | THR News - video Dailymotion

Martin Scorsese's highly anticipated three-and-a-half hour organized crime epic The Irishman finally made its debut at the New York Film Festival.

Transcript

00:00Do you have a show at play?

00:01No.

00:02Do you have any moving violations?

00:04No.

00:05Do you drink on the job?

00:07No.

00:08Martin Scorsese is praising Netflix for backing his latest film,

00:12The Irishman, calling it a costly experiment.

00:14The film, which spans decades, uses de-aging visual effects

00:17and makeup to make stars Robert De Niro and Al Pacino,

00:20among others, appear at different ages.

00:22It's what it is.

00:23What it is.

00:24I know things they don't know I know.

00:27The highly anticipated three-and-a-half-hour organized crime epic

00:30finally made its debut at the New York Film Festival on Friday,

00:33followed by a press conference with Scorsese and stars De Niro,

00:36Pacino and Joe Pesci, along with producers.

00:38During the conference, Scorsese credited Netflix for finally

00:41putting up the money they needed to make the movie,

00:43which others, including Paramount, were unwilling to do.

00:46The director said of the streaming giant,

00:48We couldn't get the backing that was key for years.

00:51Ultimately, it was Ted Sarandos.

00:52Lucasfilm's Industrial Light & Magic had come up with a solution

00:55for the de-aging process that wouldn't interfere with Bob and Al

00:58talking to each other with helmets or tennis balls.

01:01It's a costly experiment.

01:02Ted and everyone at Netflix said they'd go with it,

01:04backed the film, financed it, and were creatively attuned to us.

01:07A friend of ours is having a little trouble.

01:09A friend at the top.

01:11Back then, there was nobody in this country who didn't know who Jimmy Hoffa was.

01:16The film will open in select theaters on November 1st,

01:19before streaming on Netflix starting November 27th.

01:21For more on this story, head to THR.com.

01:24Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.