The CineFiles: SCORSESE PART 4, er, 3.5!!

Concluding the EPIC discussion on Martin Scorsese, the boys talk about the Leonardo DiCaprio trilogy GANGS OF NEW YORK, THE AVIATOR and THE DEPARTED. You can catch their review of SHUTTER ISLAND on youtube.

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• Leonardo DiCaprio
• Gangs of New York
• Daniel Day Lewis
• Bill The Butcher
• Candice Cameron
• John C Reilly
• New York City
• Five Points
• draft riots of 1863
• Herbert Asbury
• film adaptation
• The Aviator
• Howard Hughes
• Hollywood
• Cate Blanchet
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• Alec Baldwin
• Hells Angels
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• The Departed
• Jack Nicholson
• Matt Damon
• Mark Wahlberg
• Martin Sheen
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• crime genre
• remake
• Infernal Affairs
• Edwin Samuelson
• Jeff Gallashaw
• Eric Cohen
• Michael Foltz
• film review

[kgdblade]

Brilliant commentary guys across the episodes. I've watched most of your reviews and this one hits the mark what I think you after. A great discussion, paced as it should be, not rushed and just enjoyed for the nostalgia of watching the movies of this epic director. I felt like I was part of the discussion and enjoyed all of your nuanced chat. Again Brilliant - you guys aced this whole episode. It deserved the 4 episode tome and I enjoyed every minute of it.

[cinefiles]

@kgdblade Many thanks. Glad you enjoyed this episode. I really had a lot of fun on this episode. While we shared many of the same opinions, we had plenty to discuss.

[darkstorm979]

That's awesome. BTW, never been to NY, but I'm spreading the word here in Mizzou. Keep up the good work, and give us a Cronenberg or Cameron show one of these day.

[cinefiles]

We have already covered most of Cameron films on other shows, so to devoted one to him seems very unlikely; however, I do think we'll be doing a Cronenberg show in the future. We'll most likely wait until he releases his next film though. Thanks for the support. Hope you'll consider participating in our video submission contest.

[WalterLiddy]

You should do a multi-part show on Roger Corman.

[cinefiles]

@WalterLiddy The man is my idol - I would love to do it, but I don't know how to go about it. Would we discuss him as a producer or director? If so, which films to choose? He made a lot of them!

[lacrisma007]

Gotta disagree with The Aviator. That was his worst film by far, and was famously made only because DiCaprio really wanted to tell that story. Pretty lazy filmmaking.

[BUDDY6414724297]

Cape Fear is a classic(Remake)!

[mastermovies10000]

I FREAKIN LOVE THIS SHOW. hahaha give it to him this year you fuckers xD

[bns06]

Michael Ballhaus was the DOP not Richardson as said around 6mins

[DaRunningMan]

@Gaston088able I can name a bunch of plot holes. How is it not obvious to Nicholson that DiCaprio is undercover? In Infernal Affairs, Ming was undercover for 10 years, so that makes sense that Sam couldn't figure out who it was. But in the Departed, DiCaprio is undercover for about only a year and the heat starts piling on the gang and all that Nicholson has is a hunch??

And yes, it is a racist film. Racially insulting Chinese in a remake of a Chinese film is disgusting and a disrespectful.

[Gaston088able]

@DaRunningMan THE DEPARTED is not GREAT like so many others films MArty has done, but is not a "pice os sh...!!!, name 1 plot hole, it isent racist film!!, stop seraching thing that they arent!...the narrative, the performances, the directions, the suspense in some scenes, it is a very good film, and it is a remake!...I think i

it was the best directed movie of 2007, not necesary the best film of that year. The script was terrific!...what did you see?,what arguments you have to those statements?

[Gaston088able]

HEY GUYS...I WOULD LiKE TO WATCH A REVIEW OF SHUTTER ISLAND!...if you made it please tell me the link or where i can find it!!!, for me is brillant...the weekest film of those 4 for me is GANGS of NY and still i love it...it is a very good film!...now he make HUGO!!...im glad the path of MArty in recent years, trying new things, he won that right after so many GREATs! films in the past! This is the man who madeTAXI DRIVER, RAGING BULL, GOODFELLAS, THE AGE OF INNOCENCE, AFTER HOURS among others!

[DaRunningMan]

The Departed is a piece of shit. Infernal Affairs was far from perfect (the sequel is amazing though) but it's astounding at how bad the script was for The Departed. Not only did it actually create plot holes the original didn't have but it was also a racist movie by having a white man insult Chinese people in movie that is a remake of a Chinese movie!

Letters From Iwo Jima and Babel were more deserving of awards that year. The Departed won simply because the Oscars owed Scorsese.

[bla87]

Million Dollar Baby beat The Aviator

[filmjunkiezach]

Excellent Episode on my favorite filmmaker. I'm going to watch Gangs of New York, The Aviator, The Departed, and Shutter Island.