starting Assassination week off with a bang, i see. or three. i love this movie. i made a clip of this part if we can all handle the blood and head shots. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_85vvl5byA&feature=youtu.be (the audio kicks in after a second... i tried fixing, but not sure what issue is)

Despina, glad you flagged this - and thanks for taking the time to do the video clip. Chris included a link to the scene which I forgot to embed. Now fixed. Helluva scene. The trifecta of assassinations.

Agreed, helluva scene. Probably my favorite Scorsese film.

much better than my clip. ha. i don't know what happened with that. i'm rather proud of the fact that i knew precisely where to cue it to find that scene in the movie. now i need to find an assass scene of my own. Shawshank would be too easy....

Shawshank would be GREAT! Run with it, Despina. Such great dialogue there with a twist at the end!

I like that in this scene they're (costigan and Sullivan) communicating as criminals. The few scenes where they've seen or heard each other it's one seeing the other as a criminal. I also like the "kill me" line. Earlier in the film we see costigan struggle with the dual identity and living a life of crime, near depression, while we see the success sullivan has (wife, money) the plea is understood, but the response back shows the intent to give Sullivan every hardship back.