Of late, I’ve not been doing exaclty what a typical b-schooler would do. I’ve been watching a lot of movies. Among those I liked a lot are ‘Gangs of New York’ and ‘The Aviator’. Gangs was the typical Scorsese flick – a narrative style, set in New York and having unrealistic cathartic violence. Aviator was catering to a different set of Scorsese ‘attributes’ – Lone ranger struggling with inner demons and rock-meet-opera sound tracks.
Oh. And any write-up of Scorsese can’t be complete without a word or two about Marty’s Mob Movies – ‘Goodfellas’ & ‘Casino’ both featuring Robert DeNiro.
Oh – and coming to that, Scorsese did some brilliant films with DeNiro – Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Cape Fear & Casino.
Perhaps the best Actor-Director pair ever…
Now he’s picked on Leonardo DiCaprio – Gangs of New York, The Aviator & The Departed.
Next comes “The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt” , based on Edmund Morris’ Pulitzer-winning book.
As screen writer Nicholas Meyer (on Ted Roosevelt) put it -
“His life reads like a movie that requires a big bag of popcorn”
Looking forward to the movie and hope they the Scorsese-Caprio combine produces many more such movies despite the obvious age problem!
