Before I had become acquainted with this website, I was on Wikipedia because I was curious for some information about Mr. Scorsese's upcoming projects. I think Wikipedia requires you to use a judgment call at times to ultimately determine if the information set forth on that site is completely true. I scrolled down through his filmography and it looked alright. At the end of the list, I read the name of an upcoming film that is in its pre-production stage titled Xtreme City. I clicked on that title for it was a link that navigated me to another Wikipedia article that contained a description of that film. It is a film anticipating for either a 2013 or a 2014 release and it is set in the Mumbai underworld. Paul Schrader is the director and Martin Scorsese is the producer. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Shahrukh Khan. I'm an Indian American and I do have knowledge of Indian cinema to a certain degree. In India, there is a film industry ascertained specifically for each language of India, with Bollywood being the biggest. For me, in particular, mainstream Indian cinema, no matter what language it is spoken in, disgusts me. The term "Bollywood" itself can expose how awful Indian cinema is because in one way or another, the Indians are being copycats of Hollywood. If you do not agree with what I am saying, then I suggest for a partaking of research by which you might find a certain number of Indian remakes of American films or other information to support my claim. I do not wish to set forth my opinions. Rather, I wish to set forth the conclusions of my continuing analyses/observations. Indian Parallel Cinema may have substance which has been personified with people like Satyajit Ray and Bimal Roy. But I don't think there would have been a Satyajit Ray or a Bimal Roy if there wasn't a Howard Hawks, a Frank Capra, an Elia Kazan, a Roberto Rossellini, a Luchino Visconti, a Vittorio De Sica, or any other individual of similar stature. I hesitate to watch a film of Satyajit Ray or Bimal Roy for the question of whether the film will be truly genuine and have realism or not. And that's the thing: genuineness and realism. Every filmmaker and actor must have an objective of creating the illusion of reality in their films. Method acting truly is the best system of acting. It is genuine acting. Maybe I shouldn't use the term "acting" because the actors live the characters. I learned things like this from American cinema and the people/work that constitute it. American cinema has opened my eyes; it has enlightened me. It enriches/nourishes my mind, body, and soul. It has taught me what is genuine cinema; what is genuine art. I don't see this same genuineness in Indian movies where Shahrukh Khan is from. To let you know, I have seen more South Indian films as compared to Bollywood films, where I know there is virtually only artificiality, but I don't think there is much of a difference. There are so many thoughts in my mind but I think the question I should ask is: When these Indian actors act in American movies, do they learn or already know the method and do they ultimately understand what a genuine film is?
"For a Catholic, nothing is too important to discuss or think about, because he's raised with the idea that he will die any minute now and that if he doesn't live his life in a certain way this death is simply an introduction to an eternity of pain. This removes a hesitation that a writer might otherwise feel when he's approaching important subjects, eternal subjects." Don DeLillo
Glad you like this, Liam. From your name, one might guess that you were raised Catholic. Both DeLillo and Scorsese certainly were, though neither seems to be practicing the faith today. Then, as they say, once a Catholic always a Catholic.
Even if someone isn't a fan Mr. Scorsese, he's done more to preserve and bring light to forgotten films than the vast majority of directors.
"Public Speaking" By Scorsese with Fran Lebowitz. It's one of the best documentaries I've seen. It's actually second best, just behind The Last Waltz. Its easy, charming, funny, and appropriate. I had never heard of her before. It was fantastic so where the hell is it?
ditto "Q" PLease add The Blues series. It is one of the most important series in preserving and understanding a fundamental part of American culture. To me, it is some of his most important work. I am very grateful someone with so much clout shares the love of that great music and can help others do the same.
I really like his movies, its like he is been through all these situations what he shows in his movies. He is a man with a vision and i feel he will be one of the god in cinema history.I request him to make movies on Indian culture(India) and i am sure he will do it perfectly.god bless Him.
Needs to ponder profound movie indeed~ Look at people feels very terror, confusion. Suspense, reasoning. It also include moral ...... and it look different at first suppose in the end of the film. I liked it, that the film's director also screenwriter is amazing. :)))
in the movie shutter island was dicaprio sane or insane what was the directors answer to this question????
Yeah, Kundun cries out for a Criterion release. It's his best film and one of the best films of the 90's There's also the very extensive "In Search of Kundun" documentary which is now unavailable, but is a fantastic documentary.
I watched "New York, New York" today. Now I know that's there's such a thing as a bad Scorsese film. But, that in no way shape or form tarnishes just about every film above this wall. Scorsese's an O.G. Plain and simple. Dense and complex.
How could you sign that petition for Roman Polanski? Do you not have children of your own?
