Surprise Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio teamed up in 2006 to bring the world the organized crime masterpiece‚ The Departed. The film was a huge success and swept the major awards at the Oscars that year‚ bring home such prizes as best picture and best director. The win cemented Scorsese as the greatest living filmmaker and he finally got the respect he deserves from the Academy. DiCaprio is one of the best actors of his generation. Titanic‚ The Aviator‚ and The Departed areall the evidence
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I haven’t seen many Scorsese films‚ which I am ashamed of. Nor have I been able to finish a Lynch film. I have the gall to call myself a film buff‚ and I haven’t many of these so-called masters. But this review isn’t about David Lynch‚ it’s about fast-talking film entrepreneur Martin Scorsese. And there’s been Taxi Driver‚ The Departed‚ Casino and now Shutter Island that I’ve seen. One thing I have been able to pick up from his movies‚ is that his subject matter tends to be either disconnected people
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fame for his role as Jack Dawson in Titanic and has starred in many other successful films including Romeo + Juliet‚ Catch Me If You Can‚ and Blood Diamond. He has appeared in Martin Scorsese’s recent films Gangs of New York‚ The Aviator‚ and The Departed‚ causing people to compare this relationship to that from which actor Robert De Niro benefited early in his career.[2] DiCaprio is a three time Academy Award-‚ two time BAFTA Award-‚ and one time SAG Award-nominee‚ as well as a Golden Globe Award-
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Review: One flew over the cuckoos nest Since Hollywood is planning to remake the 1975 masterpiece “One flew over the cuckoos nest”‚ I thought I’d make a review of it‚ trying to convince the Hollywood executives that this movie still holds up today‚ and doesn’t need a remake. The film begins with R.P. McMurphy (Nicholson) arriving at a mental institution. He’s chosen to stay at the psychic ward instead of going to normal state prison. At the ward‚ he meets a whole bunch of iconic characters. McMurphy
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Martin Scorsese’s Hugo No director loves movies more than Martin Scorsese. Knowing that he has spent the past four decades declaring his affection for the movies‚ you won’t be considered foolish to presume that good ‘ol Marty has finally started to calm down. But you would presume wrong. His voice has never been louder and clearer. Founded on Scorsese’s lifelong love affair with the movies‚ “Hugo” is a dazzling and magical gem that embraces the very essence of film itself. You can sense an
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Alfred Hitchcock‚ also known as “Master of suspense” mostly worked in the thriller and drama category. He directed three well-known films like‚ Rear Window(1954)‚ Dial M for Murder(1954)‚ and Psycho(1960). I watched the film Dial M for Murder(1954). I thought it was a very good thriller that that kept you at the edge of your seat because you never knew what was going to happen next. Woody Allen who liked to do magic tricks and play the clarinet in his younger days tended to direct comedy films
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the film. Had the film been the work of only one artist the result would have been completely different. Raging Bull was initially De Niros’ obsession. He was obsessed with Jake LaMotta’s chaotic life and he pitched the idea to his good friend Scorsese. At this point in time Scorsese’s was dealing with his inner
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skill over time. One such artist is Martin Scorsese. His break out film was‚ “Mean Streets (Scorsese‚ 1973)‚” and nearly twenty years later‚ he perfected the gangster film with‚ “Goodfellas (Scorsese‚ 1990).” Martin Scorsese‚ more so than any other filmmaker‚ uses his camera to take the audience on a journey with the characters. While both Mean Streets and Goodfellas are amazing works of cinema‚ in the seventeen years between the two films‚ Scorsese was able to hone his visual style to a place
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“Martin Scorsese has a constant reel of film spinning in his head‚ continuously creating structurally improvised works of art”. (Bould‚ Mark) His film Raging Bull is an important example of his techniques and style as a director. Scorsese has also made a few important relationships throughout his career. His collaboration with actor Robert De Niro and editor Thelma Schoonmaker‚ created the cinematic masterpiece‚ Raging Bull. The film brought the team a great deal of success. Martin Scorsese’s
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Changes in the Genre THE HORROR GENRE HAS DEVELOPED OVER TIME The types of content being presented in films has changed significantly over time as a result of advances in technology and changes in society. The horror genre is one of the oldest ones‚ dating back to the early 1920s. From day one to around the 1960s horror films were almost always just about your typical horror monsters- Count Dracula‚ the Frankenstein Monster‚ Mummies and occasionally zombies- notable such films including Nosferatu
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