Robert De Niro looks back on a life working for the mob in Martin Scorsese's decades-spanning crime drama THE IRISHMAN. Joe Pesci and Al Pacino also star in a film that reflects on the actors' and director's representations of gangsters in their work.

Also, Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff discuss Scorsese's recent remarks about franchise films and what he considers cinema.

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THE IRISHMAN clip courtesy Netflix

Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded November 8, 2019.