Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese
Martin Charles Scorsese is an American director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and film historian, whose career spans more than 53 years. Scorsese's body of work addresses such themes as Sicilian-American identity, Roman Catholic concepts of guilt and redemption, machismo, modern crime, and gang conflict. Many of his films are also notable for their depiction of violence and liberal use of profanity...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth17 November 1942
CityQueens, NY
CountryUnited States of America
We've seen growing awareness of film preservation, yet the deterioration and eventual disappearance of films have not come to an end. There's still a race against the clock to save what we can at some point.
He represents the American tradition of excellence and honesty and integrity. In a sense, he was the Steven Spielberg of his time.
If one of the actors from your film is not talking on that screen in the middle of the night, there will be five other actors from five different films talking.
He meant so much to so many different people,
I love movies - it's my whole life, and that's it.
Film in the 20th century, it's the American art form, like jazz.
Oh, the foghorns... even the foghorns, they're all brass. It's something by Ingrid Marshal called Fog Tropes. It's not a sound effect. It's an actual piece of music. If you listen to what's going on after he has a flashback about his wife you'll hear... it sounds like the humpback whales in a way. But it's all music. And we use it again later, too.
There was always a part of me that wanted to be an old-time director. But I couldn't do that. I'm not a pro.
I didn't realize there are generations who do not know about the origins of film.
That subject matter has never left me...The more you're in the material world, the more there is a tendency for a search for serenity and a need to not be distracted by physical elements that are around you.
The vampire thing always works for some reason. Always works.
I'm not a Hollywood director. I'm an in spite of Hollywood director.
Vic Armstrong is, of course, a legend
The only way I was able to defend myself was to be able to take punishment. Then I got a lot of respect. They said, "Oh, he's okay, he can take it. Don't hit him." The guys were pretty big, and I had asthma.