It’s funny, weird, and a little bit upsetting.Īlmost every scene, from an uncomfortable dinner between dating models Yaya (Charlbi Dean, who passed away unexpectedly after completion of the film) and Carl (Harris Dickinson), to the aforementioned seasickness extravaganza aboard a luxury yacht, to the final act set on a “deserted” island, is a slow, painful destruction of societal status and all its weirdness, like slowly ripping apart a succulent marsh mellow until all you’re left with is a sticky, gloppy mess. Actually, let me rephrase that: it is a grotesque, uncomfortable, mostly batshit skewering of the rich with absolutely zero subtleties about who, exactly, it means to rake across the coals. Triangle of Sadness, a film which takes place over three unhinged acts, is a satirical black comedy. Had I really heard of this movie before that announcement? Had anyone, besides Film Twitter? Yes, this film is a 2023 Best Picture nominee. Fans of the film should find this extremely entertaining and certainly worth viewing.Charlbi Dean and Harris Dickinson in Triangle of Sadness. Other great stories include United Artist wanting them to cut out the entire jail sequence. There's also some great stories about DeNiro demanding that the production be shut down so that he could actually gain the weight. This is probably the most interesting documentary in the series because it's fascinating to hear how much was actually changed during editing and how the movie originally didn't work. There's also talk about how the ON THE WATERFRONT speech came to be as well as the final Bible passage at the very end of the film. They talk about taking out all sorts of scenes where Jake was pretty much looking back on his life. There's talk about the first cut of the movie and the fact that everyone involved knew that something wasn't right. After the boxing scenes were filmed, the crew returned to NY where they filmed all the character stuff and we really get a great idea of what went into the filming and how much of what they did actually didn't work in the end. Martin Scorsese, Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty, Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff, Frank Vincent, Michael Chapman and Thelma Schoonmaker are interviewed about the stuff that was shot in New York. Raging Bull: Outside the Ring (2005) *** 1/2 (out of 4) Third entry in the four-part documentary series that can be found on MGM's Special Edition of RAGING BULL.
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