Martin Scorsese: Difference between revisions

*Frequently uses [[New York City]] as the main setting in his films, eg. ''Gangs of New York'', ''Taxi Driver'', ''Goodfellas'', ''The Age of Innocence'', ''After Hours'', ''New York, New York''.<ref>Sanders, James (October 2006). Scenes from the City: Filmmaking in New York. New York: Rizzoli, 288 Pages. ISBN 0847828905</ref>

*Sometimes highlights characters in a scene with an iris, an homage to 1920s [[silent film]] cinema (as most scenes at the time used this transition). This effect can be seen in Casino (it is used on [[Sharon Stone]] and [[Joe Pesci]]), ''Life Lessons'', and ''The Departed'' (on [[Matt Damon]]). Iris is also the name of Jodie Foster's character in "Taxi Driver".

*More recently, his films have featured corrupt authority figures, such as policemen in ''[[The Departed]]''<ref>[http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/10/11/revisiting_southies_culture_of_death/?p1=MEWell_Pos3 Revisiting Southie's culture of death] By Michael Patrick MacDonald, ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' (online), October 11 2006</ref> and politicians in ''[[Gangs of New York]]''<ref>[http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20021220/REVIEWS/212200304/1023 Gangs of New York Review] by [[Roger Ebert]], ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' (online), December 20 2002</ref> and ''[[The Aviator]]''.<ref>[http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/12/20/041220crci_cinema High Rollers] by David Denby, ''[[The New Yorker]]'' (online), December 20 2004</ref>

*Guilt is a prominent theme in many of his films, as is the role of Catholicism in creating and dealing with guilt (Raging Bull, GoodFellas, Bringing Out the Dead, Mean Streets, Who's That Knocking at My Door, etc.)