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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Follow Ups
- I gotta put Scorsese in the top rank! - Harmonia 11:01:24 11/22/02 (1)
- Well, we'll continue to split hairs over Marty, - mvwine 11:26:30 11/22/02 (0)