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Jim_K · 03-01-2004, 06:35 AM

Martin Scorsese

Raging Bull

Scorsese’s masterpiece is a seedy & gritty bio-pic about the brutal life of boxer Jake La Motta. The title is appropriate as La Motta lives on violence both in the ring and out of it. DeNiro’s greatest performance.

Goodfellas

This brutally honest true life gangster film is the flip side of the romantic Godfather films. Full of memorable characters, top notch performances, masterful editing, use of soundtrack & direction. Scorsese’s other masterpiece.

Taxi Driver

Scorsese was adept at creating some of the most undesirable characters that you’d never want to meet. Enter Travis Bickle a mentally unbalanced Vietnam vet who is like a volcano ready to burst. Travis wants to rid the world of the filth & scum infecting the streets of NY. A powerful & disturbing film.

Mean Streets

A tale of friendship focusing on two small-time hoods living on the “mean streets” of Little Italy NY. Excellent independent film but not for all tastes.

I’ve only seen part of Age of Innocence.

03-01-2004, 06:35 AM	#1510 of 3720
Jim_K Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Local Time: 05:31 PM Local Date: 10-07-2008 Posts: 8,455	Martin Scorsese Raging Bull Scorsese’s masterpiece is a seedy & gritty bio-pic about the brutal life of boxer Jake La Motta. The title is appropriate as La Motta lives on violence both in the ring and out of it. DeNiro’s greatest performance. Goodfellas This brutally honest true life gangster film is the flip side of the romantic Godfather films. Full of memorable characters, top notch performances, masterful editing, use of soundtrack & direction. Scorsese’s other masterpiece. Taxi Driver Scorsese was adept at creating some of the most undesirable characters that you’d never want to meet. Enter Travis Bickle a mentally unbalanced Vietnam vet who is like a volcano ready to burst. Travis wants to rid the world of the filth & scum infecting the streets of NY. A powerful & disturbing film. Mean Streets A tale of friendship focusing on two small-time hoods living on the “mean streets” of Little Italy NY. Excellent independent film but not for all tastes. I’ve only seen part of Age of Innocence. The Collection (Blu-Ray High Definition/DVD) Pre-orders - BLU-RAY: Akira, Casino, The Dark Knight, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Death Proof, Dr No, For Your Eyes Only, From Russia With Love, Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Incredible Hulk, JFK, La Femme Nikita, Live and Let Die, The Matrix (Ultimate Collection), Planet of the Apes (Evolution Collection), Planet Terror, Poltergeist, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Third Man, Thunderball, WALL E DVD: Budd Boetticher Collection, Icons of Horror: The Hammer Collection, Popeye the Sailor Vol #3, Warner Gangster Collection Vol #4