The Departed
by Martin Scorsese (2006)
The Boston Police Department employs young recruit Billy Costigan to try to capture the powerful boss Costello and his gang.
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“𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴. 𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐’𝘮 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴: 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦?” (Frank Costello)
Same and Different
Boston, Massachusetts.
Good and evil are two evanescent concepts that lack clear and defined boundaries in the world inhabited by the two main protagonists of this film.
A sick, wrong world, full of uncertainties, where nothing is as it seems, where Irish cops and gangsters are just two sides of the same coin.
Everything transforms and becomes deception and betrayal for Colin Sullivan and Billy Costigan.
The former is ambitious and opportunistic while the latter is more fragile and violent, but both are spies and thus live in a constantly ambiguous and dangerous situation in an attempt to redeem their past.
However, they will discover that there is no redemption either within the walls of federal offices or in the seedy bars where Costello reigns supreme.
It is just a matter of perspectives, calculations, and risks because everything is damned and irreparably mirrored.
And the title “the departed” suggests it: the only certainty, at the end of everything, remains the loss of one’s identity or life, that is, death. In any case.
Reflections.
Scorsese returns to manipulate his favorite material, the gangster movie, adapting the previous *Infernal Affairs* by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak, and finally conquers, with his usual auteur film where all the elements fit perfectly, the much-awaited and deserved Oscar for Best Director.
DiCaprio confirms his status at the highest levels with his epic portrayal of a character always in tension, fighting and on the run, but this Mark Wahlberg pre-*Ted* is also remarkable in the role of Sergeant Dignam.
And then there’s Jack Nicholson being Jack Nicholson. And that’s enough. For us and for him. A spectacle!
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