The Irishman movie poster and titles
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The Irishman is a 2019 epic gangster film directed and produced by Martin Scorsese, based on the 2004 book I Heard You Paint Houses. The film chronicles the life of Frank Sheeran, a WWII veteran and union truck driver who becomes both a top hit-man for the Bufalino crime family and a close friend of Teamster’s former president, Jimmy Hoffa. Now in his final years, he looks back on how much that life has truly costed him.
The Irishman's logo uses ITC Grouch in a stark red color, echoing the gangster films, time period and its aesthetics that preceded this movie. This logo is never actually used in the movie which in my opinion is a missed opportunity. It is paired with Netflix Sans and FF DIN in the poster.
Throughout its runtime, The Irishman uses freeze frames accompanied by a text card mainly for characters who play a small role and pass away outside of the movie. These text cards, as eerie as they are, use ITC Franklin Gothic Book and look classy doing so. It is also used for the end credits. The title sequence near the start uses Arial Black. I love Arial as much as the next guy but this is a very strange choice, especially since this is the only time the movie uses it.
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Title sequence. “I Heard You Paint Houses” was also Scorsese’s preferred name for the movie; that’s why it appears in the beginning.
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“Angelo Bruno – shot in the head sitting in his car outside his house, 1980”
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“Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. – died 1969 after a long illness”
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End credits, which features the title once more.
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