Martin Scorsese says he resisted ridiculous studio demand to change The Departed ending
The IndependentGet our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Jack Nicholson and Matt Damon in ‘The Departed’ The Departed also stars Jack Nicholson, Vera Farmiga, Alec Baldwin and Mark Wahlberg; Wahlberg won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance. The Independent’s film critic Clarisse Loughrey, in her five-star review, said the film carries Scorsese’s “tradition fixations: the rotted core of man’s heart; how power breeds the impulse for destruction; the myths of cowboys and outlaws and the dirty truth to them”. Killers of the Flower Moon will be the 80-year-old filmmaker’s first film since The Irishman, which was released in 2019.