Comments on: Marrakech Q&A: Martin Scorsese The Desire To Make Films, Suggests He Only Has A Few Left & Hopes ‘Silence’ Is Next

By: ART

ART — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:29:01 +0000

"There is obligation as you get older, you have family." Is he saying that he doesn't have the "desire to experiment" because he needs to put money on his family's table? Still at 71? After the success of HBO's Boardwalk Empire and a string of 100+million movies under his belt? That's depressing.

By: Irf

Irf — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:29:01 +0000

There is a real problem with the unreal veneration Martin Scorsese receives. The man has made some of the most brilliant movies in American cinema, but he's also made a lot of mediocre entries. Not everything Scorsese touches turns to gold.

The Scorsese film output of the 21st century has been his most unexciting period. The Gangs of New York was his last brutal examination of social conditions, though, it marked the beginning of him making movies that mainly appeal to Academy board members. His films have gotten expensive and bloated, lacking the rawness of themes and techniques he was able to tap into even up until Bringing Out the Dead.

Scorsese is an old guy now, and his work seems more stately than powerful. The Aviator was pretty bland (plus it was a Michel Mann leftover) and The Departed was a bloated, Americanised version of classic Hong Kong cop thrillers.

Scorsese's next two features are straight up Academy Awards-baiting pictures. Silence and The Irishman seem like films he's making to make the Baby Boomer generation happy. Scorsese cannot be experimental because he can't do those kinds of pictures as an old man. Your politics and drive simply congeals.

By: JÃ¸rgen P

JÃ¸rgen P — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:29:01 +0000

DeNiro = Raging Bull (he's mentioned it in interviews) & New York, New York or King of Comedy (both are noted for creating rifts between Scorsese & DeNiro)
Newman = Color of Money
DiCaprio = Wolf of Wall Street (Leo is producing it and earlier in the process had a different director)

By: RRA

RRA — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:29:01 +0000

He said he did CAPE FEAR to repay Universal for backing LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST. Could that be one?

By: Roark

Roark — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:29:01 +0000

I would imagine he's talking about Gangs of New York and Hugo, where he faced huge budgetary pressure from the studios/financiers (he had a falling out with Graham King over Hugo's massive budget overruns) and, especially in GONY's case, famously butted heads with Harvey Weinstein over running time, among other things. The Aviator, The Departed and Shutter Island all, from the outside, seemed like relatively painless productions.

By: CB

CB — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:29:01 +0000

The King of Comedy, Casino and The Irishman?

By: PcChongor

PcChongor — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:29:01 +0000

"The Departed" and "Shutter Island."