Originally Posted by pizzaboy
Quick observation. I'll probably do this more than once lol. But when Tony Pro showed up at the meeting in shorts he reminded me of Michael Madsen as Sonny Black in Donnie Brasco. Lots of little things reminded me of homages to earlier films in the genre.


Speaking of homage to genres (intended or accidental), there were a few in Irishman:

Frank is estranged from his daughter Peggy; Tony is estranged from his father,

Peggy seems to know that her father is a murderer; "Tony knows you killed Fredo".

The baptism scenes.

Frank tells his daughter he wanted to protect his family; Michael tells Kay the same thing

"Generosity. That was my first mistake."
"Experience must be our only guide; reason may mislead us."
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