In Reply to: "Gangs of New York" posted by mvwine on November 20, 2002 at 13:39:38:
Scorsese himself has predicted that his odds of winning for Best Director will be zero for lifetime. He has three nominations for Best Director and two for Best Screenwriting which puts him in the august company of Orson Welles, Howard Hawks, and Hitchcock.Spielberg was supposed to direct Cape Fear while Scorsese was adapting Schindler's Ark. They swapped projects and Spielberg won for Schindler's List.
Do I think Scorsese's one of the great American Directors? A resounding yes. The man has an incredible body of work. I realize your list wasn't meant to be complete but I think After Hours and The King of Comedy need inclusion.
Scorsese was in a couple of episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm and in one Larry David welcomes him to L.A. Scorsese mentions having lived in L.A. in the past and after a beat laughs nervously and says, "But I was asked to leave." I roared.
Should we care about the Oscars? I don't think so.
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