The Departed: Jack Nicholson Goes Nuts

I was fortunate enough to catch an early screening of The Departed in New York two weeks ago. The movie was about 99% complete, only a couple special effects shots needed to be completed, and some of the movie was temp-tracked. But for the most part, it was all there. And it's a masterful piece of movie-making.


"This isn't fucking reality TV!"

I swear, sometimes I just don't know how Scorsese does it. The Departed is so well paced, and so well composed, dare I say it's the best movie of the year? At the very least, it's this year's first real contender for a Best Picture nomination.

For those of you out there who prefer The Shining Jack as opposed to the As Good As It Gets Jack, this one's for you. Nicholson takes lunacy to the limit protraying a South Boston mob boss. In the current issue of Rolling Stone, Nicholson says of his character, Frank Costello, "He's bad - nothing is sacred, nothing."

Martin Scorsese also gives this quote about Costello to Entertainment Weekly, "He can do anything, mutilate people. He's like God and he's still not fulfilled."
The Departed opens October 6th.