Martin Scorsese interviewed by Edgar Wright | BFI London Film Festival 2023 Screen Talk
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- čas přidán 10. 10. 2023
- The legendary director behind classics such as Goodfellas, Raging Bull, Mean Streets, Taxi Driver and The Wolf of Wall Street talks to fellow filmmaker Edgar Wright about his career.
It is impossible to talk about cinema over the last 50 years without mentioning Martin Scorsese. The world of film preservation is no less indebted to him, for his championing the medium’s rich and storied past.
As he unveils his latest opus, the epic historical drama Killers of the Flower Moon, the director explores a body of work that is as daring as it is beautiful, and ground-breaking as it is thrilling. From Mean Streets, Taxi Driver and Raging Bull to The Wolf of Wall Street, Silence and The Irishman, Martin Scorsese has investigated masculinity, honour, the tenets of faith and the forces that shape the world around us. He has done so with a virtuosity that is rarely short of breathtaking.
00:00: Ben Roberts, CEO of BFI, intro
02:11: Edgar Wright introduces Martin Scorsese
03:58: Philosophy of cinema. Other filmmaker's work. "More a teacher than a filmmaker"
06:24: Asthma and feeling safe in the cinema
11:14: The New York Underground
12:40: Early attempts at storyboarding and Marty's unmade Roman epic
15:03: How Mean Streets got made
31:32: Where the characters in Mean Streets came from
40:28: Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore and working in Hollywood
41:43: Taxi Driver
50:24: Thelma Schoonmaker, editing and Taxi Driver's X rating
58:32: The King of Comedy
01:05:23: Goodfellas and how Scorsese feels about homages
01:09:30: Robert De Niro introducing him to Leonardo DiCaprio
01:12:17: The Aviator
01:16:23: The Wolf of Wall Street
01:19:06: Trumpism
01:19:38: Killers of the Flower Moon
Films Martin Scorsese mentions during this interview include:
Magnificent Obsession. Dir: Douglas Sirk
A Place in the Sun. Dir: George Stevens
The Heiress. Dir: William Wyler
The Bad and the Beautiful. Dir: Vincente Minnelli
Sunset Boulevard. Dir: Billy Wilder
Bomba: the Jungle Boy
. Dir: Ford Beebe
“Great White Hunter”. Dir: Unknown
The Macomber Affair. Dir: Zoltan Korda
The Big Heat. Dir: Fritz Lang
Murder by Contract. Dir: Irving Lerner
Shane. Dir: George Stevens
Pather Panchali. Dir: Satyajit Ray
The River. Dir: Jean Renoir
Wavelength. Dir: Michael Snow
Before the Revolution (Prima della rivoluzione). Dir: Bernardo Bertolucci
Fists in the Pocket. Dir: Marco Bellocchio
Accattone. Dir: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Road to Singapore. Dir: Victor Schertzinger
Rocco and his Brothers. Dir: Luchino Visconti
Red River. Dir: Howard Hawks
The Brothers Karamazov. Dir: Richard Brooks
Faces. Dir: John Cassavetes
Midnight Cowboy. Dir: John Schlesinger
The FBI Story. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy
The Wild Bunch. Dir: Sam Peckinpah
Two Rode Together. Dir: John Ford
Shadows. Dir: John Cassavetes
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It's always nice to see that pair of eyebrows bring along Martin Scorsese with them.
List of films mentioned in this interview in the order of its release:
How unbelievably lucid he is at his age. He has more enthusiasm than men a quarter of his age. His memory is truly remarkable. Never ever get tired of listening to the strories. An utter legend of art, and a great raconteur. Great work by Edgar, a fantastic filmmaker in his own right, to allow Marty frre reign. Such an enjoyable video
Was gutted to not get a ticket to this. Thank you BFI for sharing the wisdom with all of us unlucky souls. All hail Marty!
i don't want to tempt fate, but my WORD is he on-the-ball and completely sharp with his recollection of names, dates, facts etc for a man of his age. it's amazing and i'm extremely grateful for him being this way.
So nice of Edgar Wright to interview and give platform to a smaller/indie director
As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be Martin Scorsese
Scorsese giving Kenneth Anger props shows how sincere the man is
This man is a living encyclopedia of cinema. A living legend. Such knowledge. Fascinating stuff.
Scorcese's love for cinema is infectious. A director with a very unique voice. It's quite incredible to imagine someone achieving so much in his lifetime at an incredible level. Truly one of a kind
I was there and itnwas phenomenal. The atmosphere was amazing and to see two directing heroes share the stage, it was such a great expirience
Kudos to Edgar Wright for being an excellent interviewer who knows when to simply listen and let the subject speak. That ability really adds to the overall quality of the experience, and it must have been really difficult given the circumstances.
The movie that really changed the way I view film was an Italian film titled " La Strada". I was staying over my grandparents house and we watched Turner Classic movies and that movie came on and I was utterly absorbed by it. I was 20 years old and I grew up watching Spielberg and Lucas and Ridley Scott. I had no clue that something made in Italy in the 1950's by a man named Fellini would mean so much to me. When I was young I thought that cinema meant spectacle...I was so very wrong.
I was there and he mentioned about 200 films I'd never seen and some I'd never even heard of. I was hoping they'd post it just so I could go through it and take notes lmao
Edgar Wright is the perfect person to interview Scorsese because no one shares a love for cinema as much they both do especially with the great artistic vision they both put into their movies. 🎬❤
Love that ovation dude got when he strolled on stage. The Brits love them some directors.
storyboards, camera scheduling, budgetary meetings, lighting structures, zoom shots........when Martin talks about it, its more exciting than the film itself!
Thanks BFI for sharing this with those who weren't fortunate enough to attend. Marty is a true encyclopedia of cinema and a master of the craft of directing. Great conversation
Just saw Flowers of the Killer Moon today. Masterpiece. Thank you, Mr. Scorsese for sharing your art with us.
Yay, showing the clips!