The six best Scorsese scenes
Dr Bruce Isaacs from the Film Studies program on the best scenes from Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese.
Martin Scorsese is widely considered to be one of the best living film directors. As a major retrospective of his work opens at , Dr Bruce Isaacs from the University of Sydney's Film Studies program dissects six classic Scorsese scenes.
1. Who's That Knocking at My Door
"Scorsese's first major film displays the precocious vision of a major new American filmmaker."
2. Mean Streets
"One the greatest film openings, this is Scorsese mashing realism and a Godardian free-spirited style."
3.聽聽聽聽 Taxi Driver
"鈥榊ou Talkin鈥� to Me?鈥� 鈥� One of the iconic sequences of the New Hollywood." . 聽
4.聽聽聽聽 Raging Bull
"Scorsese's return to an American neo-realism, and one of the greatest of all method performances from De Niro." .
5.聽聽聽聽 Goodfellas 聽
"The world of the gangster captured in a glorious steadicam move." .
6.聽聽聽聽 Hugo
"Scorsese displays the elegance of a 3D digital film style." .