Scorsese's Narrative Analysis
The use of voice over narration as pointed out earlier is a strong element of storytelling.
This impersonal 'you' that Henry uses in his narration plays with the idea of who Henry is actually reciting these events to. It could be us, the audience or narrating to someone inside the film itself.
Scorsese allows us to think all the way through that the audience is the narratee, only to float for a second the idea that it is the courtroom who is the narratee and then just as quickly to erase that idea and return to the original assumption, only this time to clarify it. This clarification
Scorsese is cancelling out any possible attempt to read the film as a simple confession; a court room document adapted for film. The subjectivity of narration
This impersonal 'you' that Henry uses in his narration plays with the idea of who Henry is actually reciting these events to. It could be us, the audience or narrating to someone inside the film itself.
Scorsese allows us to think all the way through that the audience is the narratee, only to float for a second the idea that it is the courtroom who is the narratee and then just as quickly to erase that idea and return to the original assumption, only this time to clarify it. This clarification
Scorsese is cancelling out any possible attempt to read the film as a simple confession; a court room document adapted for film. The subjectivity of narration