The Departed/Internal Affairs Film Comparison

The Departed, a film say by Martin Scorsese, won an Oscar for Best Picture, as well as 3 opposite Academy Awards. The stratum however, is ground on a 2002 Hong Kong film directed by Wai-keung Lau and Siu Fai Mak, Mougaan dou better known to us as Infernal Affairs. The comparableities between these two crime/drama/thrillers argon great.In The Departed, director Martin Scorsese takes the story into his own style of storytelling, but the adaptation of the screenplay originally written by director Siu Fai Mak and Felix Chong is almost identical to the screenplay by William Monahan adapted for The Departed. The key overall difference between the two films piece of tail be attributed to their setting. Infernal Affairs, based in Hong Kong, was adapted or Americanized to fit American customs and situations, viz. the situation in south capital of Massachusetts with the Irish mafia some(prenominal) time ago. Neither film specifies an exact historical era. There is an homogeneous to m ost Infernal Affairs characters in The Departed you have the seawall in the Hong Kong IAU (internal affairs unit), Inspector Lau Kin Ming, played by Andy Lau, who is the analogous to Matt Damons role as the mole in the Boston State police force, Colin Sullivan in that respectre the undercover cops, Chan Wing Yan (Tony Leung Chi Shing) and William Costigan jr. (Leonardo Di Caprio) theres the boss of the Hong Kong mafia (the Triads), Hon Sam (Eric Tsang), and the Irish mafioso, hound Costello (Jack Nicholson).The head of the Boston State Police is Captain Queenan (Martin Sheen), who is mirrored afterward SP Wong Chi Shing (Anthony Wong Chau-Sang). There is no real equivalent to Mark Walbergs character, Staff Sgt. Dignam, but Im glad they added him. The two films partake in similar style and techniques however it is easy to distinguish Scorseses directing. both(prenominal) films make good use of moving shots, which only add to the intent of the action. The Departed has virtua lly no special effects at all, exploitation editing to only to cut and colour correct.Infernal Affairs is similar to that, but makes much more use of fast editing and montage, victimisation slight special effects for transitions and introducing key characters, using a conspiracy of freeze frame and a desaturation filter for instance. Small effects are used in moderation throughout the film to add to the moving-picture shows overall intensity, and makes fast cuts with multiple angles to create emphasis and a fast-paced feel in certain scenes. The overall style of the films is passably similar predominant use of medium to long shots, steadicam, tracking, and crane shots can be seen throughout both films.Therefore this Creates fast paced movements and a draw which also generates this overall feel of realism. Both films start relatively the very(prenominal) the gang boss recruits new, young blood to put through the academy to work as moles for them. Although Costello recruits Su llivan at an earlier age than Sam, they both have the appearance _or_ semblance to be raising workers for the same purpose (at the beginning, we see other kids in the car shop with Colin, who can be expected to be there for the same reason), and the stories each focus on Colin (Costellos mole), Lau (Sams mole), Costigan (State Police undercover), and Wing-Yan