Martin - The Master.

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From the violent realism of MEAN STREETS, TAXI DRIVER, and RAGING BULL to the romance of ALICE DOESN’T LIVE HERE ANY MORE, the black comedy of AFTER HOURS, and the burning controversy of THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST, Martin Scorsese’s uniquely versatile vision has made him one of the cinema’s most acclaimed directors. Martin Scorsese, the person who rebooted the gangster genre with his movies like MEAN STREETS, TAXI DRIVER, GOODFELLAS, THE DEPARTED, CASINO.

                            If there is any 'BEST BLOODSHED AWARD', Martin Scorsese deserves it. This need not to be a fact, but one will accept this after seeing his movies. Over realistic blood and hardcore blood have become a part of his movies.

                            He is the one who stood as a ladder for the peak success of actors like Robert De Niro, Leonardo Di Caprio.

                            The collaboration of Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro started in 1973 with "MEAN STREETS" and from then De Niro is known to the world as an ultimate actor who does not allow anybody to lose concentration from him when he is on screen.

                             Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver remains a landmark work of cinema. An iconic depiction of loneliness, violence and urban alienation, Scorsese’s film stands out within that period of American cinema during the late 1960s and 1970s often referred to as its last Golden Age. Beyond Taxi Driver’s cultural significance, the film is also important in the context of Scorsese’s career through the creative relationships that it helped forge, and which would shape the director’s work in the years that followed.

                            The phrase " YOU TALKIN' TO ME ? "  in TAXI DRIVER is often considered as one of the best and most influential scenes in the history of cinema.

                             Goodfellas, is different from Taxi Driver and Raging Bull, in that it portrays violence in a slightly different way. Scorsese has said that Goodfellas is about the "attraction to that world. That is what I grew up with and I understood. As you become older you begin to understand this is negative, this is not right, but there is still an attraction. "

                             His stories of machismo, guilt and violence in American society are unforgettable, one of the greatest film of all time "MEAN STREETS". A tale about urban sin and pressure from the streets. Charlie, Johnny Boy, Tony and Michael are the characters in the film who represent different people that common people might have faced in their life, Charlie being the one that gets by, Johnny Boy -the playboy, it’s a very deep story and it has shot in such an incredible way. Backed up with an extraordinary soundtrack from great artists. His  films inspires many  to become  filmmakers because of its originality.

                              Interviewing Martin Scorsese is like taking a master class in film. Entertainment is what all it matters to scorsese and that is the reason why entertaining background score is played in some fight scenes of his films and "MEAN STREETS" for instance. In an interview Scorsese was asked " why is it that the background score is entertaining in your movies during fight scenes?" " Because I'm not the one who is being beaten up , I find it interesting" laughs Scorsese.

                              One will be definitely surprised on seeing the sadistic and animalistic character of Jake La Motta played by De Niro in "RAGING BULL" and the " BEST SADISTIC ACTOR " goes to ROBERT DE NIRO. Thanks to MARTIN SCORSESE !!

                              HUGO is  another film directed by Scorsese which completely deviated the audiences from his previous films and it is critically acclaimed for its breath taking screenplay.

                              You couldn’t help but get chills as you looked into Martin Scorsese’s eyes.  After more than 35 years of film making, Martin Scorsese finally won his Academy Award for " THE DEPARTED ".To understand Martin Scorsese one must keep in mind his roots. Mr. Scrosese grew up in a neighborhood where violence was simply a way of life. Since the birth of narrative film violence has been a strong presence. The violence in The Great Train Robbery has little resemblance to reality, but violence is, none the less, present. The final shot of "GOODFELLAS" in which a character [JOE PESCI] shoots a gun directly at the audience is a direct homage to this history.

                              As we examine his films, let us keep in mind that it is not simply about the presence of violence, but the glorification of violence. The mere fact that a film contains violence does not mean that it glorifies it. I would further argue that a film that the amount of violence in a film does not always play into whether a film glorifies violence. In each of these films Mr. Scorsese shows us three violent subjects. A war film would not be criticized for containing a substantial amount of violence.Why then, should we apply a different standard to films about the violent world of the mafia, or the mind of a disturbed killer?