Martin Scorsese

Who cannot admire Martin Scorsese's body of work even if one does not admire his movies? I am a huge fan, of course, because I love movies. Scorsese has directed and produced  so many vast, huge films but he has also made one of my favorite small movies, "Hugo" about an orphan who lives in a train station in Paris and who knows how to fix clocks. If you haven't seen it, please find it and watch it. It is charming, lovely, moving and very good.

But many of Scorsese's movies are tough and brutal. Some are lovely and beautiful and lyrical but those do not pop to the top of one's mind when thinking of his films. "Gangs of New York" and "Casino" and "Raging Bull" and "Taxi Driver" and "Goodfellas" and on and on. But along with those we have "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" and "The Color of Money" with the incredible Paul Newman. How about "You Can Count on Me" with Laura Linney?  Or the amazing documentary "The Last Waltz."

Scorsese is releasing a new movie in the next week or so, which should be interesting. It is the first movie he has made with Al Pacino, surprisingly. 

That's all, just walking through a history of one man's portfolio of films. It's quite the journey.