SCORSESE

Martin Scorsese

Scorsese was an American Actor, writer and most famously; a director.
Scorsese's films develop focus around ideas of guilt, redemption, conflict, gang culture and modern crime. His films were known in Hollywood for explicit depiction of violence and profanity.


Most Famous for:

• The Departed (director)
  
• Wolf of Wall Street (producer)
  
• Shutter Island (producer)
  
• The Age of Innocence (director)

Scorsese is probably one of the most renowned director/producer, virtually defining the state of modern cinema in the 70' and 80s. His passion for film making was defined in the quality and excitement in his films.


"It seems to me that any sensible person must see that violence does not change the world and if it does, then only temporarily"


Scorsese plays with the temporality of film, the continuous illusion. Scorsese is forever manipulating this dream, and yet he does it so artfully that the audience, rather than being annoyed at this disjunction when his cuts call attention to themselves, and therefore to the fact that we are watching a movie, finds that the film is enhanced. For example, Scorsese has put the freeze frame to use many, many times. Just in Goodfellas alone.


DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS OF A SCORSES FILM:

• Begins his films with segments taken from the middle or end of the story
• slow-motion] Makes use of slow motion techniques
• Often uses freeze frames
• Unflinchingly graphic and realistic violence
• Frequently casts pop stars in small acting roles