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Hat Thoughts
Jul 27, 2012

Mokelumne Trekka posted:

De Niro's character is also the least interesting to me, like, I can't name a personality trait of his character tbh.

I actually find myself reflecting on him more than anyone else. I thought it was interesting how much of the movie is him observing, clearly thinking and trying to process, but finding himself hemmed in by his own (lack of) creativity/the limits of his own mind. He's firmly in a "chronicler" role but I think it really helps make the whole thing feel more tragic that what Frank is best at is observing ideals in others that he lacks & drawing up a shared loyalty with those people.

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