Martin Scorsese's Favorite Films - Part 2 of 3

Film director Martin Scorsese discusses some of his favourite movies and their influence on his work. 1993. Part 2 of 3.

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[okonh0wp]

I was always wondering why Scorsese never attempted a Western.

[yellowwasp09]

taxi driver

[directorlog]

Great Visionary

[lebarosky]

I'd love to see him do a movie about the ancient world. Not much as excellent has been done since Kubrick did Spartacus. We've had some interesting failures such as Gladiator and Alexander but we can do better and perhaps Scorsese is the one to do it.

[shippa7]

I'd love to see him do a Western. I think he may have too much of a reverence for it? Which I hope is not true, as he would make a classic... like everything else he does.

[xopineapple7189]

@SteezeWizard99 I don't find Eastwood to be as bad as that. I will say I haven't been much of a fan of his work since Mystic River, but Unforgiven was one of the best films of the nineties hands down. Of course he was tackling subject matter then that he was far more acquainted with than any other genre so that could be why. Tarantino, on the other hand, i certainly regard as a director with more talent and vision than Eastwood, so i certainly have to disagree with @okonh0wp on that one.

[SteezeWizard99]

@okonh0wp Eastwood is a horrible, conventional director. He tries to use symbolism, but can't muster up anything greater than a sign looming in the background and uses the same conventional type of score that Spielberg uses. You would think an actor who became a director would actually be able to make a film that is true with character.

[enraGeUKK]

you know your fucked when you dislike something and feel guilty and like something else

[george96nirvana]

@KrazyKryz cheers man thanks for info :D

[KrazyKryz]

@george96nirvana hes going to do one next except hes calling it a southern lol

[george96nirvana]

@okonh0wp same also i wonder why tarantino hasn't done one :D

[okonh0wp]

@shnoepie1 i think Eastwood is better than Tarantino and Eastwood has had the same kind of varied filmography that Scorsese has but to each his own. Also Terrence Malick is up there as possibly the greatest director but he works so infrequently.