i saw the aviator a couple of day ago and while i still have howard hughes fly through my brain i felt the need to see again another scorsese . i have all of his film in my collection . i close my eye and pick one and just like that and at random . the age of innocence this be what happen with great artist and you can always re visit them and you will come out of the experience with something new and something valuable . transport by the sublime voice of joanne woodward i take the trip again to discover that everything in this extraordinary universe that martin scorsese and base on edith wharton work and be not what it appear . convention out of the window and break every imaginable rule . just a the character get off their truck and swim against the tide of the time . scorsese break cinematic rule with such artistry that be allow to inspect and re live and enjoy a story as old a the world from a completely new perspective . be a if luchino visconti have suddenly wake up with a new contemporary sight to look back with . daniel day lewis be so marvelous that the pain of his predicament become more than visual and become visceral . for michelle pfeiffer and winona ryder this be the zenith of their career . they be sensational . the casting and a usual in a scorsese film and be superb even in the small role . glimpse of sian phillips and alexis smith and geraldine chaplin add to the pleasure and make this overwhelming banquet of a film one of the most rewarding film experience i have ever have .