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Martin Scorsese
By: Jake19 Date: December 13, 2016, 11:37 am
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Was surfing the interwaves today and stumbled on this recent gem
of a quote from Marty:
“There’s over saturation, particularly in our world as it is
now and nothing really does have a meaning. Images for example
are everywhere. Cinema used to be in a building and even on
television, you’d see a film or whatever. I must say a lot of
the films that I’m aware of and I don’t see that many new ones
over the past two or three years, I stopped because the images
don’t mean anything.
We’re just completely saturated with images that don’t mean
anything. Words certainly don’t mean anything anymore, they’re
twisted and turned. So where’s the meaning? Where’s the truth?
So we have to strip away everything. It goes back to that
question I had in ‘Mean Streets,’ how do you live a good life? A
life which is good, meaning compassion, and respect for others,
in a world like today or in a world where I grew up, quite
honestly.”
Part of this strikes me as "damn kinds, get off my lawn"-style
elder statesman curmudgeoning, and part of it strikes me as
irrefutably valid.
At 74, Scorsese isn't the image of young-blood rebellion in
cinema he established his career upon, but he's still every bit
as honest and in love with the art-form as he's ever been. He's
woven a signature style from the intimate character studies at
the base of his narratives that blossom into studies of humanity
at large by the climax of his films. As many filmmakers willing
to go against the grain as there are out there, there are few
and far between who pull this feat off quite as deftly (and
wittily) as Marty.
Oh, btw-- who else is stoked to see Silence? Nothing puts me in
a Christmas spirit like seeing Spiderman, Kylo Renn and Qui-Gon
Jinn tortured into renouncing their religion. HAPPY HOLIDAYS
GUYS! 🎅
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Re: Martin Scorsese
By: dom Date: December 27, 2016, 12:25 am
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It's also nice to just hear a filmmaker not being a "I love
everything" kind of cheerleader. Despite the fact that he almost
never makes two good movies in a row (shocking, I know, but it's
been that way for him since the beginning), I'm very excited to
see Silence. I'm hoping that the Vinyl pilot counts as the
shitty Wolf Of Wall Street follow-up, because I really want this
one to be good. He's been wanting to make it for a long time,
and he even didn't take a fee. The cast of what seems like
second and third choices, however, makes me a bit worried.
I'm hoping Silence is awesome, but I also kind of wish that he
had just retired after Wolf of Wall Street. Marty's a tiny
Italian who gets very excited about things and has never been
particularly healthy. He did a lot of drugs in the 70s. He puts
everything into every project and seems to be constantly burning
himself out. He's not like Spielberg or Lucas, two filmmakers
from the same generation who spent their lives and careers
holding back and pandering to audiences while they made shrewd
business decisions. With Marty, you get the sense that each
movie could be the death of him. That's why the good ones are so
exciting and the ones are so embarrassing. He's like the movie
version of the rock band that seems like they're going to tear
it all fucking down every show. How many more close calls does
he have left in him?
In the scheme of New Hollywood directors, I would say he's
second only to De Palma.
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