The Irishman is about a lot of things: regret, Al Pacino, loneliness and how much being old sucks. More importantly, it’s about one man’s enduring appetite for ice cream. From the first introduction of Pacino’s Jimmy Hoffa to his conspiracy-laden disappearance, the veteran actor consumes four sundaes in 3½ hours. (That’s a rate of one ice cream per hour!) When you leave the theater (or close the Netflix tab, let’s be real) after Martin Scorsese’s leisurely-paced gangster epic, you’ll probably feel a sudden craving for frozen dairy as much as a bathroom break.
Pacino is superb as the Teamster leader who would (supposedly) meet his untimely end at the hands of mob hit man Frank Sheeran (Robert De Niro). His line readings of words such as “SO-LI-DA-RI-TY” and “COCKSUCKERS” are so satisfying, they’re almost melodic—but what struck me the most was the ferocious pace at which he devours frozen treats. He savors every spoonful, radiating child-like joy at the taste of a well-made sundae. There is rarely a moment where Pacino is not seen with a dessert spoon in his hand. Ice cream has never looked more appetizing.
The Irishman may be heavy on ice cream content, but it’s not the actor’s first on-screen interaction with the frozen dessert. In Scarface, Tony Montana tries to pick up a girl by offering her ice cream, to little success. Then there’s the Mad TV sketch which imagines the actor and De Niro being faced with the impossible task of choosing from flavors such as “Bananarama-Ding-Dong-Fudge”, “Stop in the Name of Fudge” and “Four Score and Seven Years Ago Our Fudge Fathers...”
Pacino and ice cream have, regrettably, been pulled apart for far too long, but Scorsese’s new film is what finally unites them. Jimmy Hoffa isn’t necessarily known for his affinity for frozen dairy. It’s mentioned once briefly in I Heard You Paint Houses, the Charles Brandt book on which the film is based, so I guess they just went to town on that one minor detail and fed Al Pacino a ton of ice cream. The actor was more than happy to consume as many cups as he can handle: "When I took the role, I was like, You mean I get to eat ice cream in this part? I'm in,” he said in an interview. Same, Al!
Perhaps to avoid the threat of being overwhelmed by flavor variations, Jimmy often sticks to one type of sundae, henceforth known as the quintessential Jimmy sundae: vanilla soft serve ice cream with chocolate sauce and a cherry on top—a classic American incarnation of the dessert. Like a civilized individual, his ice cream always comes in a glass, never in a cone. Jimmy bonds with Frank’s daughter Peggy over the frozen treat—have you ever stopped to consider that Anna Paquin (who plays the adult Peggy) never speaks in this movie because she’s too busy thinking about ice cream? Some food for thought.
That first ice cream would be the only chance for Jimmy to have his ice cream in peace. Jimmy and Frank celebrates a successful court trial at Hildebrandt’s in Long Island. (He’s the only one eating while everyone else is drinking coffee—why does no one else like ice cream??) Suddenly, the news of President Kennedy’s assassination is heard on the radio, and while the distressed patrons weep, Jimmy returns to his dessert once again—the sign of a man whose priorities are in order.
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