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I gotta put Scorsese in the top rank!

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In Reply to: Geez, Auph, I thought I avoided controversy... posted by mvwine on November 22, 2002 at 09:07:21:

Even his failures are interesting and of a very high caliber, and he's certainly no more hit or miss than the estimable Woodman.
OTOH, Scorsese's best films are among the greatest American films of all time - Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and Goodfellas (yes, GOODFELLAS). I'd rather watch one of Scorsese's near misses (Bringing Out the Dead, Age of Innocence, Kundun) than most director's hits (anything by Steven Spielberg or Soderbergh's Traffic.)
Variation in output is not a reason to leave any director off the list...King In New York, Bram Stoker's Dracula, anyone????

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Well, we'll continue to split hairs over Marty, - mvwine 11:26:30 11/22/02 (0)
but we do agree on Speilberg :). After doing some research since my initial post, I believe I would put Scorsese in the next ten - there are loads of directors who have made very good films, and been spotty otherwise. Scorsese is probably one of the best of those.
And yes, Coppola's stinkers are what almost sunk him on my list. That and one other thing. It always bothered me that there was never a screen credit on "Apocalypse Now" crediting "Heart of Darkness" or Joseph Conrad. And I looked closely for one. I think it's OK to adapt, and I think Coppola did a fine job, but it should have been credited. Just wanted to get that off my chest.

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