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Poll Question: What Do You Think Is Marty’s Best Film?
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Martin Scorcese in my book is the greatest film director since Hitchcock or Welles and he has yet to win an Oscar. Sucks, doesn't it. What do you think was his best work. I'm kind of on a toss up between Bull, Taxi or Goodfellas.
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Yes he is good, but there are better.
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Don't tell me. David Lynch right?
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Ok. I went with Goodfellas. That's a film I just never get tired of watching.
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Goodfellas, every time (the first DVD I ever bought, and still one of the most watched) - Ray Liotta in his best role ever, even managing to act DeNiro off the screen.

Honourable second goes to Casino - DeNiro & Pesci together again; marvellous (even Sharon Stone came out of that one with full honours)

Mind you (and I know it was sl*gged off at the time), I did (and still do) enjoy 'Gangs Of New York'; complete hokum, I know, but visually brilliant, and Day-Lewis (Mr Method Acting, himself) was excellent as Bill The Butcher... it would have been interesting to see Scorcese's favorite, DeNiro in that role, had he not turned it down.

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he was great, but scorsese has definitely lost his grip on film making. aviator and gangs of new york=
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the last temptation is one of my favourites movies , is great.

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I've gone for:

1) Taxi Driver

2) Goodfellas

3) Raging Bull

4) King Of Comedy

5) Mean Streets

The Scorsese/ De Niro partnership was priceless
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My choises:

1. Taxi Driver

2. Goodfellas

3. Raging Bull

4. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

5. Casino   (a good film but I can't help but think this as the poorer version of Goodfellas)
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I'll tell you one thing about The Last Waltz. It's hard to compare that to his other films being a rockumentary, but compared to other concert films, I think it's one of the best concert films ever done. Beautifully shot with great sound and great performances.

Trivia: What earlier concert film did Marty work on as assistant director?

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I voted for Mean Streets
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Originally posted by lynton samuel lynton samuel wrote:

he was great, but scorsese has definitely lost his grip on film making. aviator and gangs of new york=


I'll admit the last 2 films lack the high-octane impact of his previous masterpieces like Goodfellas and so forth. But his visual flair is well intact. I thought his replicating of the 3-tone Technocolor process done in the 30s and 40s in Aviator was just pure genious. Look at it again. Notice how the grass is BLUE?! That's exactly how color films looked back then. All the colors are delibratley enhanced for that effect.
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the god of cinema.  hugely inspirational in my book.  I never tire of watching his films, but Taxi Driver is my personal favourite - the way the film was shot is just near to perfect as you can get.

 
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After Hours!!!  Okay ... maybe not his *best*, but it certainly is my favorite.
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Originally posted by MarkCsigs MarkCsigs wrote:

After Hours!!!  Okay ... maybe not his *best*, but it certainly is my favorite.


I agree.
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I don't know what to say... I know a lot of people won't agree with me but I honestly think that The Aviator was a f**king masterpiece.  Still need to see Taxi Driver, though...
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1.Goodfellas

2.Taxi Driver

3.Raging Bull

4.Casino


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Only seen Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Casino, Cape Fear, Bringing Out The Dead and Goodfellas ... thought they were all quite good, but none of them are in my Top 100 movies ... at a push I'd say Taxi Driver was the best of them

I confess I've owned Last Temptation Of Christ for an astonishing 4 years without watching it ... this is awful ... should do so this weekend ...

My actual favourite De Niro/Scorsese flick is not directed by Marty (he has a part as an extra) ... it's Irwin Winkler's 1991 movie Guilty By Suspicion about the McCarthy era witch hunts ..

 



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I voted for Casino for including in its soundtrack the best rock ballad ever (imho): "Nights in white satin".
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