I do not know if the documentary you are speaking of is the
same I saw already some time ago, wherein Scorsese speaks of
his family -and Italian roots- and of some forms of cinema he
likes. But this one was a three hours mini series.
On the other hand he's surely one of the greatest modern film
noir maker. Taxi Driver (1976) of course, influential by many
aspects, innovating, a milestone. Also his Mean Streets
(1973), less achieved but bearing already most of Scorsese's
best cinema abilities. And then we cannot forget "Goodfellas"
(1990), a masterpiece of modern cinema and certainly one of
the best films noir ever, a kind of synthesis of Scorcese's
HB/noir. On a lesser grade: "Casino"(1995) which belongs also
to mob noir and is a very good film. Then "Raging Bull"
(1980) a kind of neo-realism noir, not a crime movie, but a
fantastic existential film.
I personally regret his "Gangs of N Y", too mainstreamed
(Hollywood?), well done but going to nowhere. And,
historically, these gangs were far more morbid, cruel and
lawless than what is shown, in a NY which was more a lethal
jungle than an organized society. But Scorsese made so many
astonishingly good films that, in my book, his credit for
"turkeys" is still good for another 25 years.
E.Borgers Hard-Boiled Mysteries http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6384
>Yesterday I was able to catch the documentary
Scorsese on
>Scorsese on TCM. It's an excellent 90-minute
soliloquy by
>Scorsese on his life and films. Hearing him tell his
story, I was
>struck by how hardboiled it is and how
ultrahardboiled films like
>Mean Streets and Taxi Driver are. Aside from his
secure stature
>as a filmmaker, his hardboiled roots and style are
relevant to us.
>Call it street-hardboiled, or neorealist criminal
soup, he hits hard
>and artlessly (an illusion, of course).
>
>I highly recommend this documentary. Before it, they
had shown
>The Last Waltz, an equally persuasive documentary
that I hadn't
>seen since its original release. It looked even
better.
>
>Best,
>
>MrT
>
>
>
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