After Hours (1985) Subway Scene

A great scene from Martin Scorsese's
"After Hours"!

This movie is available in Warner DVD.

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[beverlygrady]

One of the best movies EVER....

[beverlygrady]

One of my favorite films....EVER.

[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".

[candelise]

@Beck19781 You will have to expand on this then.

[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 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.

[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.

[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.

[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]

@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 Perhaps he wanted to MOVE ON!!

[improvcat1]

What happened to Martin Scorsese?