Slow, sparse and totally underrated, THE GOOD SHEPHERD deserves a look on DVD if you can stand the 2.5+ hr run time. It's surprising to see an American movie have the balls to stick you with such a unlikeable character for such a long time. DeNiro had been trying to make this and thinking about it for 10 years, and it shows. Reminds me of something Coppola would have directed in the 70's, and there are nods to The Conversation and the first two parts of The Godfather here too. (Coppola is an Exec. Producer here).
Never would have guessed that Matt Damon would appear in drag, mud wrestle naked men, and get peed on in the first 20 minutes though. Yale seems pretty fucking weird. Was comforting to think that at one point George W. Bush was forced into a similar situation.
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