r/MartinScorsese

Seen the movie a million times and never really understood this. I get that Henry was still “on his way up” at that point in the movie, but surely he was earning enough to at least get an apartment for them. Was he just being cheap, or is there some implication I’m missing?

If we're talking the movies he directed, my first one was The Aviator.

But if we're talking about all his projects, the first one I was aware of was his produced miniseries on the blues. Weirdly, I was made aware of it not by the actual miniseries itself, but by a CD of Stevie Ray Vaughan's music that my dad got me. I was big into blues music as a teenager, and he got me that because he reckoned I'd appreciate Vaughan's music. In that, he was absolutely correct; I still have the CD to this day. Though it's funny to me how Scorsese's Blues project released this compilation album of SRV music when, far as I can tell, SRV wasn't featured in the blues documentary itself.

Of the New Hollywood directors, it seems Scorsese is the only one left (along with Spielberg and Ridley.)

Obviously, many have passed away.

But of those still around, those directors don't seem to have the continual major success that Marty has had.

Schrader has had fluctuating success but has never truly reached the heights of Scorsese. Milius is basically retired yet never truly enjoyed working in Hollywood. Coppola made some duds in the 90s and basically let go of Hollywood for a long time. Woody and Polanski have been cancelled. Oliver Stone has been cancelled whilst also falling out of love for Hollywood. Boorman and Schatzberg are definitely retired both in their 90s. Malick takes his sweet ass time and when he does, his films aren't as lauded as Scorsese's.

Then there are younger directors that seemed to reached the same level of success that Marty had yet don't seem to have anything that has caught on or have basically retired at a younger age than Marty -

like Ang Lee, who made some great films, but seems to have had a recent slump.

Or even younger, Bennett Miller - who may've just retreated to making commercials.

I watched Shutter Island for the first time at a sleepover at my house. Personally, I thought the atmosphere and scenery of the setting was very good and helped with the psychological aspects of the movie. I also liked the acting by many of the cast members like DiCaprio, Ruffalo, Kingsley, and Von Sydow. However, the twist at the end kind of caught me off guard and there are some scenes where there is a lot of idle dialogue. Overall, I’d give it a 6.5/10. Ending was clever, but was difficult for me to piece together at the end.