This book analyzes the roots of themes and characters in the films of Martin Scorsese. I focused on the analysis of Taxi Driver. The young Scorsese was angry with the church because its view on sex were not consistent with his experiences. In addition‚ Scorsese was also angry about women‚ which was very evident in his early films such as Raging Bull and Taxi Driver. The author compares Taxi Driver to other Scorsese films and points out their distinct similarities and analogous characters‚ such
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award winning‚ The Departed (Scorsese‚ 2006). This film starring Hollywood power houses‚ Matt Damon‚ Leonardo DiCaprio‚ Mark Wahlberg‚ and Jack Nicholson‚ won the 2006 academy for best editing and I believe that it was deservingly so. The editing in this film is very interesting in a sense that it is pretty different from the editing of most films that I have viewed. The editing is done by Thelma Schoonmaker. She is known for being the film editor behind Martin Scorsese‚ doing the editing on a long
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unparalleled glimpse into the gangster lifestyle of New York’s Italian mafia. Scorsese separates his classic gangster film from other works by following the character progression from teenagers to middle-aged men. The film constantly reinforces the image of masculinity from domestic affairs down the each character’s clothing. Each aspect of the gangsters’ lives centers around asserting their masculinity. Scorsese helps GoodFellas secure its place as a classic film without romanticizing the violence
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Ryan Gillespie 12/10/14 HIS 343 Dandan Chen Gangs of New York: A Cultural Shift In the 2002 Film “Gangs of New York” by Martin Scorsese we see New York City reshaped and changed through cultural influence of feuding individuals and groups with different ideas. On the surface the movie seems to have a straight forward theme but in the back ground we see a cultural shift as immigrants come into America and New York City. In the movie we see the political influence during that
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Today the scene being analysed is iconic from The Wolf of Wall Street film created by Martin Scorsese. Since the release of The Wolf of Wall Street movie‚ millions of viewers around the world have been sucked into Jordan Belfort’s life. Not only is this movie a comedy sensation‚ but also a biography of the interesting life of Jordan Belfort. This movie successfully portrayed Belfort’s life in a comedic way while still being as accurate as possible‚ this move is based on a book written by The Wolf
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Vickie LaMotta‚ and Frank Vincent as Salvy (Scorsese would come to work with nearly all of these actors on many of his future films such as Goodfellas and Casino). Although it was met with only minor success upon its original release‚ Raging Bull is now considered to be one of the greatest films of all time. Arguably one of the best aspects of Raging Bull was its unique cinematography. The Director Of Photography‚ Michael Chapman‚ and Martin Scorsese made a number of decisions about how to
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as it fades in and out about every fifth word. For his part‚ Daniel Day-Lewis looks and sounds too much like Dustin Hoffman’s Ratso Rizzo to be truly convincing. Worse‚ the film is so thematically confusing that it is at first not clear what Scorsese is trying to say. To be sure the choice of material is worthy. The plight of working class immigrants in 19th century New York City‚ and the Draft Riots of 1863 have‚ to my knowledge‚ been given no filmic attention. Even more intriguing are the possibilities
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Sick on my duck Critical Analysis of Scorsese’s "The King of Comedy" To be king for a day is the central theme in "The King of Comedy" by Martin Scorsese‚ a black comedy that features Robert De Niro as Rupert Pupkin‚ an eccentric wannabe stand-up comic hell bent on achieving stardom. Pupkin idolizes talk show host Jerry Langford (played by Jerry Lewis) the proclaimed "King of Late Night." Pupkin’s goal in life is to replace Langford becoming "The King of Comedy" hence the title. He believes
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Film review. Martin Scorsese knows something about surprise endings which twist meisters like M. Night Shyamalan seem to have forgotten. The twist doesn’t matter if you haven’t already told a good story. By the time Shutter Island gets to its twist‚ it has already told such a tale. You’re invested in these characters and no matter how it turns out you’re going to walk away happy. The twist‚ when it happens‚ only serves to make a deeper connection. It makes sense of the madness‚ brings order to
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Mise-en-Scene Analysis: Raging Bull xxxx xxxxxx University I chose Raging Bull to do my film analysis on. Raging Bull was directed by Martin Scorsese. The fact that Martin Scorsese directed this film made me choose it over the other films on the list. I really like Martin Scorsese’s body of work and his style of film making. Raging Bull was made in 1980. The star of this movie is Robert De Niro. De Niro plays boxer Jake Lamotta. De Niro won the Oscar for best actor in a leading role for his
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