After Hours (1985) Subway Scene

[candelise]

What about The Age Of Innocence? A film that carries many of his sensibilites all the way back to Mean Streets. The same can be seen in Kundun, Casino and 'Gangs Of New York'. The singular vision is the thing and his are all over these pictures too.

[improvcat1]

What happened to Martin Scorsese?

[zikobeetlejuice]

my favorite movie

[Beck19781]

This is the greatest Scorsese film that no one knows about. For me it stands with his best work, and is so much more satisfying that anything he's made since 2000. Its originality reminds us of just how generic his films since "The Gangs of New York" have become. He shot this movie on a very low budget in a very short period of time. Scorsese shot his next project, "Hugo Cabret" in 3D. Why does he feel the need to keep up with James Cameron? That's not Martin Scorsese. THIS IS.

[zikobeetlejuice]

@Beck19781 i agree

[candelise]

@Beck19781 Perhaps he wanted to MOVE ON!!

[Beck19781]

@candelise Well, if that is the case, I would argue that he moved on to a far less interesting aesthetic. Scorsese is my favorite film director; let me say that from the outset. However, I feel that the one genuine criticism one could have of his work is that the multiplicity of his influences undermines his aesthetic. I'm taking his body of work as a whole. Scorsese doesn't know whether or not he is an independent director or a studio director. His own interviews have borne this out.

[candelise]

@Beck19781 Far less interesting work! That depends on your OWN personal interests, I think. Scorcese talks often of the NEED to tell a certain story, and that has run through many of his pictures. Also, the compromise of making a picture for the studio and for one's self. However, a picture like Casino was made for a studio, yet his own vision ran through it enough to make you believe it was for him alone. Whatever genre he visits, that is the most vital thing in his work. Or should be.

[Beck19781]

@candelise Of course, ALL of this is subjective. Its a shame, because I was going to post a video response of a comment I made on Siskel and Ebert's review of Casino, but youtube took down the clip. Have you ever seen that? Siskel did not like the film, and I think that he made some good points in his review.

[candelise]

@Beck19781 You will have to expand on this then.

[Beck19781]

@candelise Ok, expand: the crux of Siskel's review was that Casino was in fact a sub-par film as far as Scorsese's output was concerned, and that to praise the film amounted to caving to Scorsese's reputation rather than the film's merits. He felt the film was sloppy - as do I - that it essentially amounted to a rip-off of "Goodfellas". 

[Beck19781]

Respond to this video...I think that Scorsese, being as influenced by someone like Michael Powell as he was by Goddard or Kazan or Cassavettes, has tried to make as wide a variety of films as possible. He's made documentaries, comedies, period films, crime films, dramas, a musical, thrillers, fantasy films....Perhaps the one major genre he hasn't attempted is a Western. I think this diversity results from his interest in the great studio masters.

[Beck19781]

Respond to this video... But Scorsese is the product of the decay of the studio system, and his most powerful work: Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, and this film are unified in their reflection of a personal, independent vision. He can't make studio films because of this, and when he tries, I don't think it works.

[kapillie]

cinematography was fantastic in this movie

[tutoferraz]

esse cara foi mais legal botou uma cena oh aih pode ver!

[washangel]

will always be mine ansdmost peoples best ever movie of all time! its hard getting people toactually watch it cause its kind of oldish....but if they do.........

[illwise23]

"it must be full moon out there"...no kidding.

[beverlygrady]

One of the best movies EVER....

[beverlygrady]

One of my favorite films....EVER.

[alkelliher]

great movie! great scene!

[EASYTIGER10]

I'm watching this on TV and got the video exactly in sync with it for this scene! Clever, huh? 8^)

[kevinsmellls]

@EASYTIGER10 That's really hard actually, I've tried it with no success :(

[torontoismine]

great movie

[hyperboreal]

"I could go to a party, get drunk, who knows?" :D Fantastic movie, among Scorsese's best ones. Griffin Dune is so great portraying one of the most pathetic jinx ever put on celluloid. It's a real shame he sort of disappeared from the scene in mid eighties.

[adifferentcorner]

This is the best movie of all time. EVERY single actor on this looks really brilliant and professional. Griffin Dunne is the best.

[TonyManeroNY]

I wish Scorsese still made movies like this.. Ones that looked genuinely gritty. Like Taxi Driver, After Hours, Mean Streets. I'm not a fan of the polished look of films like Goodfellas...

[Germanfetish]

man why cant that old fatass just give the dude a token?no one is gonna know,is 53 cents a big deal in NYC?some people.....

[MasTriste]

One of my favorite scenes. It's really the whole movie in micrcocasm.  I just saw this last night and it became one of my top 20 favorite films of all time. I absolutely loved every minute of it and wish they made more movies like this. If you haven't seen it, check it out. Scorcese's directing on this was brilliant.

[rick0289]

One of be BEST dark comedys ever put on film - just when you this that this POOR SMUCKS luck can't get any worse, his situtation gets twice as bad... a must see...

[Caracowles]

la habré visto mil veces...

qué grande :)

[rick0289]

This is a really good DARK COMEDY - just when you think that this poor SOB has bad luck it gets TWICE as bad... and doubles again and again... Worth seeing...

[JezSmitty]

I've never seen this...I must get my hands on a copy :)