Martin Scorsese

Made films the shows talk about.

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Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Who's That Knocking at My Door (1967); Boxcar Bertha (1972); Mean Streets (1973); Taxi Driver (1976); New York, New York (1977); American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince (1978); Raging Bull (1980); The King of Comedy (1982); After Hours (1985); Mirror, Mirror (Amazing Stories episode) (1985); The Color of Money (1986); The Last Temptation of Christ (1988); Goodfellas (1990); Cape Fear (1991); The Age of Innocence (1993); Casino (1995); Kundun (1997); Bringing Out the Dead (1999); Gangs of New York (2002); The Aviator (2004); The Departed (2006); Public Speaking (2010); Shutter Island (2010); Hugo (2011); The Wolf of Wall Street (2013); Silence (2016); Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019); The Irishman (2019); Pretend It's a City (2021); Killers of the Flower Moon (2023); Life Lessons (2023); (various); The Last Waltz; unspecified. Count them as writer (1 film), actor (5 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

The Hustler (1961): 7 lines

  1. lineage (callback) · through The Color of Money (1986), which they directed: The Hustler ⇒ The Color of Money (the host's read). The mentoring conversation Newman has with Vince and Carmen mirrors the one George C. Scott has with Newman in The Hustler; both films also go on the road.
    “that's basically the George C. Scott has the same conversation with Paul Newman and the Hustler.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:44:53 · Chris Ryan (0.65 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (sequel/continuation) · through The Color of Money (1986), which they directed: The Hustler ⇒ The Color of Money (the host's read). Newman's Eddie Felson in 1986 becomes the George C. Scott hustler-mentor character of the original, and the sequel answers rather than remakes it.
    “the Newman character in the color of money becomes the George C. Scott character in the Hustler.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:45:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (lineage) · through The Color of Money (1986), which they directed: The Hustler ⇒ The Color of Money (the host's read). The Color of Money revisits Eddie Felson years later, with Paul Newman in his twilight and a new protege.
    “Now we find Paul Newman bringing up like a new protégé.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:47:28 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
  4. lineage (callback) · through The Color of Money (1986), which they directed: The Hustler ⇒ The Color of Money (the host's read). Newman getting drunk and hustled by Amos is the first time he plays the Jackie Gleason role of the original, drunk and overconfident.
    “it's basically the 1st time he plays Jackie Gleason and the hustler where he's just like wasted and thinks he's going to win and then gets gets hustled.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:45:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. lineage (source material) · through The Color of Money (1986), which they directed: The Hustler ⇒ The Color of Money (the host's read). The film is theoretically based on Walter Tevis's follow-up novel to The Hustler but has almost nothing to do with it; Minnesota Fats was in the novel.
    “this is theoretically based on Walter Tevis's follow-up novel to the Hustler, but the movie has almost nothing to do with the novel”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:52:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  6. unmapped (continuing tragedy) · through The Color of Money (1986), which they directed: The Hustler ⇒ The Color of Money (the host's read). The Color of Money carries the original film's tragedy as backstory without explaining it in a monologue.
    “And that's all the backstory for this movie, which is so interesting that he doesn't give the big monologue explaining what happened in the 1st film.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 0:12:13 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  7. lineage (sequel) · through The Color of Money (1986), which they directed: The Hustler ⇒ The Color of Money (the host's read). The Color of Money is the sequel to The Hustler, but built from a new script that keeps only the title of the Tevis sequel novel.
    “Even when they start developing scripts and go, like, throw all that out, start fresh, they kept writing in parts from Minnesota fats.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 0:13:06 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Last Temptation of Christ (1988): 4 lines, within their own work

  1. career (personal projection) · through After Hours (1985), which they directed: The Last Temptation of Christ ⇒ After Hours (the maker said so: Scorsese quoted in an oral history). Scorsese worked Kafka's Before the Law into the club doorman scene to reflect his frustration over Last Temptation.
    “inspired by Franz Kafka's before the law. And Scorsese said the short story reflected his frustration toward the production of the Last Temptation of Christ.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:23:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (cause) · through After Hours (1985), which they directed: The Last Temptation of Christ ⇒ After Hours (the maker said so: a Scorsese quote on After Hours being a reaction to the Last Temptation ordeal). After Paramount collapsed Last Temptation, Scorsese wanted a cheap, personal film; After Hours is his reaction to the Hollywood ordeal.
    “it's a reaction against my year and a half into Hollywood trying to get last temptation to Christ made.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 0:50:49 · unknown host (quoting Scorsese) (0.35 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (sliding door) · through After Hours (1985), which they directed: The Last Temptation of Christ ⇒ After Hours (the host's read). Paramount cancelling Last Temptation sent Scorsese to a small fast job; one of movie history's sliding doors.
    “it is one of the massive sliding doors in movie history because him not making it leads to him making this movie”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  4. industry (business deal) · through Cape Fear (1991), which they directed: The Last Temptation of Christ ⇒ Cape Fear (the host's read). Universal's deal to make Last Temptation obliged a bigger film later, resulting in the Spielberg swap and Cape Fear.
    “it gets fear is a direct result of his deal with Universal for this month.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 2:00:50 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

After Hours (1985): 3 lines, within their own work

  1. unmapped (stylistic seed) · through Goodfellas (1990), which they directed: After Hours ⇒ Goodfellas (the host's read). Sean says the fast cutting, whip-pans and close-ups in After Hours are the seeds of Goodfellas' look, via cinematographer Michael Ballhaus.
    “just seeing all the seeds of Goodfellas and all these little edits and camera shots.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:04:02 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. career (career bridge) · through The Color of Money (1986), which they directed: After Hours ⇒ The Color of Money (the host's read). The camera moves of After Hours carry into Color of Money's pool table, tied to Ballhaus; both lead to Goodfellas.
    “that same thing, that camera is flying across the pool table.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:30:24 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. career (career hinge) · through Goodfellas (1990), which they directed: After Hours ⇒ Goodfellas (the host's read). Bill says Goodfellas does not happen if After Hours does not happen first; the cancelled Last Temptation is the sliding door.
    “I don't know if Goodfellas happens.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Goodfellas (1990): 3 lines, within their own work

  1. craft (opening style) · through Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), which they directed: Goodfellas ⇒ Killers of the Flower Moon (the host's read). The opening tracking shot echoes the Copacabana shot before the film rejects that mode.
    “It was a very long tracking shot through Leo's arrival, which is, you know, gesturing to Copacabana”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:14:19 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (inverts) · through Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), which they directed: Goodfellas ⇒ Killers of the Flower Moon (the host's read). Same crimes by white men but with no romance or good life, a deliberate answer to Goodfellas' seductiveness.
    “there's a romance to Goodfellas that does not exist here.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:28:46 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (narration trick) · through Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), which they directed: Goodfellas ⇒ Killers of the Flower Moon (the host's read). Molly's voiceover recalls Karen taking over narration in Goodfellas.
    “Goodfellas does this. There's a moment when Karen takes over the narration.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:08:58 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Raging Bull (1980): 2 lines, within their own work

  1. people (origin of collaboration) · through The Color of Money (1986), which they directed: Raging Bull ⇒ The Color of Money (the host's read). Newman watched Raging Bull on Ovitz's recommendation and wanted to work with Scorsese.
    “Paul Newman watches Raging Bull on, I guess Ovid's his recommendation and says, like, that's one of the best things I've ever seen.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 0:53:44 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (spiritual sequel) · through The King of Comedy (1982), which they directed: Raging Bull ⇒ The King of Comedy (the host's read). King of Comedy is a part-2 of sorts about a delusional comedian, echoing LaMotta's stand-up, and is part of a De Niro trilogy with Taxi Driver.
    “There's the king of comedy, the spiritual sequel to Raging Bull.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raging Bull with David Krumholtz · 1:55:42 · unknown host (0.30 sure it was them)

Annie Hall (1977): 1 line

  1. unmapped (zeitgeist precedent) · through Raging Bull (1980), which they directed: Annie Hall ⇒ Raging Bull (the host's read). Annie Hall established the late-70s map for human-frailty stories with comedy and fragile men, which Scorsese then exploited to horrify.
    “part of that map is is Annie Hall.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raging Bull with David Krumholtz · 1:32:35 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Baby It's You (1983): 1 line

  1. lineage (production lineage) · through After Hours (1985), which they directed: Baby It's You ⇒ After Hours (the host's read). Without Baby It's You (Dunn/Robinson, Arquette, Ballhaus) there is no After Hours, since it brought Ballhaus to Scorsese.
    “without that movie, we don't have after hours either because they bring Michael Bauhaus to Scorsese.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:16:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Barbara Hershey: 1 line

  1. lineage (origin of project) · through The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), which they directed: Barbara Hershey ⇒ The Last Temptation of Christ (the host's read). Hershey also planted the book in Scorsese's head and told him to let her audition as Mary Magdalene.
    “But it's planted in his head by her.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 0:44:30 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Ben-Hur (1959): 1 line

  1. unmapped (accent convention) · through The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), which they directed: Ben-Hur ⇒ The Last Temptation of Christ (the host's read). Scorsese made the Romans British, as in Ben-Hur, with everyone else American.
    “He said the big thing was to give let the Romans be British.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 1:02:57 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Boiler Room (2000): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), which they directed: Boiler Room ⇒ The Wolf of Wall Street (the host's read). Koppelman says Boiler Room informed Wolf, being the fictional version of Jordan Belfort's story.
    “Boiler Room really informed Wolf of Wall Street because Boiler Room was the fictional version of Jordan's story”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:25:01 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)

Boxcar Bertha (1972): 1 line, within their own work

  1. unmapped (production method) · through The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), which they directed: Boxcar Bertha ⇒ The Last Temptation of Christ (the maker said so). Scorsese's Corman-style Boxcar Bertha experience let him storyboard and time every shot to make Last Temptation cheaply.
    “I never would have been able to make this movie if I didn't have my Corman background and experience a boxcar Bertha specifically”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 0:54:52 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Ernst Lubitsch: 1 line

  1. unmapped (comic technique) · through After Hours (1985), which they directed: Ernst Lubitsch ⇒ After Hours (the host's read). The film's elegant timing and characterization is Scorsese flexing Lubitsch, his filmmaking hero.
    “this is the movie where Marty gets to flex a little Lubich stuff, who was obviously a big filmmaking hero of his”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 0:39:55 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Francis Bacon: 1 line

  1. unmapped (painting reference) · through The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), which they directed: Francis Bacon ⇒ The Wolf of Wall Street (the host's read). Bacchanal tableaux reference the Last Supper and Francis Bacon.
    “Sometimes it's the last supper. Sometimes it's Francis Bacon and like the disgusting nature of the human soul.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:16:25 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fritz Lang: 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · through After Hours (1985), which they directed: Fritz Lang ⇒ After Hours (the maker said so: Scorsese's own account of his influences on the film). Lang's nighttime nightmare noirs (M, Manhunt, Woman in the Window) were influences.
    “And then some Fritz Lange movies. like M, Manhunt, Woman in the Window, you know, nighttime noiry, nightmare movies, stuff like that.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 0:51:36 · unknown host (0.35 sure it was them)

Infernal Affairs (2002): 1 line

  1. lineage (remake source) · through The Departed (2006), which they directed: Infernal Affairs ⇒ The Departed (the host's read). The Departed is a remake of the Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs, which is tighter.
    “It was called Infernal Affairs, the Hark Kong one?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:59:09 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Isle of the Dead (1945): 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · through After Hours (1985), which they directed: Isle of the Dead ⇒ After Hours (the maker said so: Scorsese's own account of his influences on the film). Scorsese cited Isle of the Dead, a one-night Greek island story, as an influence.
    “Isle of the Dead, a Val Luton movie that takes place like over one night on a Greek island.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 0:51:19 · unknown host (0.35 sure it was them)

Italianamerican (1974): 1 line

  1. lineage (dialogue rhythm source) · through Raging Bull (1980), which they directed: Italianamerican ⇒ Raging Bull (the host's read). Scorsese's parents fighting in Italianamerican and American Boy taught him the rhythm replicated in Raging Bull's family fight scenes.
    “And so much of his parents fighting in Italian American is the feeling of the family fight scenes in this movie.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raging Bull with David Krumholtz · 1:58:33 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Joe Frank: 1 line

  1. unmapped (alleged plagiarism) · through After Hours (1985), which they directed: Joe Frank ⇒ After Hours (the maker said so: Joe Frank himself, as reported in a 2000 Salon profile). Joe Frank's 1982 monologue 'Lies' was allegedly lifted for After Hours' opening act; 'Lies' was the script's first title.
    “the opening act is basically ripping off a 1982 monologue he had called lies, which is the 1st title of this script.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 0:37:27 · unknown host (reading JJ Bersch's research) (0.40 sure it was them)

Leonardo DiCaprio: 1 line

  1. industry (financing / star power) · through The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), which they directed: Leonardo DiCaprio ⇒ The Wolf of Wall Street (the host's read). Leo raised the money and attached Scorsese and the cast, which let an extreme film get made without a studio.
    “the idea that it was DiCaprio, who went out and raised the funds to get this movie made”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:11:02 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Michael Ovitz: 1 line

  1. industry (packager) · through The Color of Money (1986), which they directed: Michael Ovitz ⇒ The Color of Money (the host's read). Ovitz engineered the Newman-plus-Scorsese pairing, nudging Newman to write a letter and nudging Scorsese toward a commercial project.
    “I know he's an artiste. He's probably not going to want to do like a commercial thing. So I'm going to try and like nudge him towards something commercial.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 0:55:45 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Michael Powell: 1 line

  1. unmapped (mentor) · them, directly: Michael Powell ⇒ Martin Scorsese (the host's read). Powell, exiled British filmmaker married to Schoonmaker, mentored Scorsese and helped with After Hours' ending and tone.
    “he was one of the people who helped him figure out the ending, helped him determine the tone.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:36:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Murder by Contract: 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · through Taxi Driver (1976), which they directed: Murder by Contract ⇒ Taxi Driver (the host's read). Murder by Contract is called a huge influence on Taxi Driver.
    “very well-known for murder by contract, which was a huge influence on taxi driver”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free) · 0:55:34 · Griffin Newman (0.35 sure it was them)

New York, New York (1977): 1 line, within their own work

  1. career (career crisis) · through Raging Bull (1980), which they directed: New York, New York ⇒ Raging Bull (the host's read). New York, New York's failure and bad reviews, with drugs and a collapsing marriage, pushed Scorsese toward making Raging Bull as a lifeline.
    “New York, New York comes out to bad reviews.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raging Bull with David Krumholtz · 0:46:51 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

North by Northwest (1959): 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · through After Hours (1985), which they directed: North by Northwest ⇒ After Hours (the maker said so: Scorsese's own account of his influences on the film). The world-against-him framed-man structure of North by Northwest was an influence.
    “That's sort of like the world is against him. He's been framed.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 0:51:28 · unknown host (0.35 sure it was them)

On the Waterfront (1954): 1 line

  1. unmapped (meta ending) · through Raging Bull (1980), which they directed: On the Waterfront ⇒ Raging Bull (the host's read). LaMotta recites the Waterfront monologue flat; the film swapped it in for Shakespeare, which Michael Powell vetoed.
    “So they they instead go for the on the waterfront because that's kind of like that's his iconography.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raging Bull with David Krumholtz · 0:55:17 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Paradise Lost (Milton): 1 line

  1. theme (literary echo) · through The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), which they directed: Paradise Lost (Milton) ⇒ The Wolf of Wall Street (the host's read). Belfort descending into hell as the lights change reads as Paradise Lost.
    “Yeah, that's the Paradise Lost, you know, yeah.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:16:07 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Paul Newman: 1 line

  1. unmapped (mentorship) · through The Color of Money (1986), which they directed: Paul Newman ⇒ The Color of Money (the host's read). Cruise picked up tips on managing movie stardom from Paul Newman on The Color of Money.
    “he picked up from the Paul Newmans of the world when appearing in the color of money.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 0:44:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981): 1 line

  1. craft (camera-movement coverage) · through The Color of Money (1986), which they directed: Raiders of the Lost Ark ⇒ The Color of Money (the host's read). Scorsese covers scenes with morphing moving master shots, like Spielberg's quick efficient coverage, to stay under schedule.
    “But he's doing like all this Spielberg, like coverage with camera movement.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 1:21:44 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Rear Window (1954): 1 line

  1. lineage (stealth homage) · through After Hours (1985), which they directed: Rear Window ⇒ After Hours (the host's read). The neighborhood shooting seen through a window is a Hitchcock rear-window moment never mentioned again; Hitchcock and Fritz Lang noir are influences.
    “there's Hitchcock and Fritz Lange Noir movies are a huge influence on this movie, and that's like such a perfect rear window moment”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:58:09 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Rocky (1976): 1 line

  1. theme (anti-genre) · through Raging Bull (1980), which they directed: Rocky ⇒ Raging Bull (the maker said so). Scorsese shot in black and white to differentiate from Rocky-era bright red-white-and-blue boxing movies, and producer Winkler produced both.
    “Number one, I want to differentiate from the Rockies and all the other sort of boxing movies right now.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raging Bull with David Krumholtz · 1:08:55 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Scarface (1983): 1 line

  1. lineage (homage) · through The Departed (2006), which they directed: Scarface ⇒ The Departed (the host's read). The film has references to classic gangster films like the original Scarface that feel like pastiche.
    “there's a couple of references in this movie to classic gangster films like the original Scarface”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:45:24 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

The Color of Money (1986): 1 line, within their own work

  1. career (career enabler) · through The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), which they directed: The Color of Money ⇒ The Last Temptation of Christ (the host's read). The paycheck-gig hit stabilizes Scorsese's career and makes Last Temptation and Goodfellas possible.
    “Must admit though, it is the guarantor that allows him to immediately then make. Last temptation of Christ in Goodfellas.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 0:17:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The King of Comedy (1982): 1 line, within their own work

  1. industry (studio retreat) · through After Hours (1985), which they directed: The King of Comedy ⇒ After Hours (the maker said so: Scorsese's quote, via Biskind). King of Comedy bombing and Fox pulling it set up Scorsese's retreat to small-scale After Hours; he said 70s directors had lost to studios.
    “And that was when I really understood that the 70s were over for me”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:18:28 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

The Robe (1953): 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · through The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), which they directed: The Robe ⇒ The Last Temptation of Christ (the host's read). The Robe is the first Christ movie Scorsese remembers seeing.
    “The 1st Christ movie he remembers seeing is the robe.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 0:45:07 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

The Wizard of Oz (1939): 1 line

  1. lineage (homage) · through After Hours (1985), which they directed: The Wizard of Oz ⇒ After Hours (the host's read). Dark-side-of-the-yellow-brick-road version; Dorothy walks into black and white instead of color, with 'surrender Dorothy' graffiti and Marcy's Seconal tie to Judy Garland.
    “it is like very much a Wizard of Oz kind of homage, and it's like if Dorothy instead walked into the black and white darkness”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:11:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Titanic (1997): 1 line

  1. lineage (callback) · through Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), which they directed: Titanic ⇒ Killers of the Flower Moon (the host's read). The car make-out scene is a funny Titanic callback.
    “I thought there was a really funny callback to Titanic when they're making out in the car.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:35:48 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

After Hours (1985): 4 lines, within their own work

  1. industry (studio retreat) · through The King of Comedy (1982), which they directed: The King of Comedy ⇒ After Hours (the maker said so: Scorsese's quote, via Biskind). King of Comedy bombing and Fox pulling it set up Scorsese's retreat to small-scale After Hours; he said 70s directors had lost to studios.
    “And that was when I really understood that the 70s were over for me”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:18:28 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. career (personal projection) · through The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), which they directed: The Last Temptation of Christ ⇒ After Hours (the maker said so: Scorsese quoted in an oral history). Scorsese worked Kafka's Before the Law into the club doorman scene to reflect his frustration over Last Temptation.
    “inspired by Franz Kafka's before the law. And Scorsese said the short story reflected his frustration toward the production of the Last Temptation of Christ.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:23:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (cause) · through The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), which they directed: The Last Temptation of Christ ⇒ After Hours (the maker said so: a Scorsese quote on After Hours being a reaction to the Last Temptation ordeal). After Paramount collapsed Last Temptation, Scorsese wanted a cheap, personal film; After Hours is his reaction to the Hollywood ordeal.
    “it's a reaction against my year and a half into Hollywood trying to get last temptation to Christ made.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 0:50:49 · unknown host (quoting Scorsese) (0.35 sure it was them)
  4. unmapped (sliding door) · through The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), which they directed: The Last Temptation of Christ ⇒ After Hours (the host's read). Paramount cancelling Last Temptation sent Scorsese to a small fast job; one of movie history's sliding doors.
    “it is one of the massive sliding doors in movie history because him not making it leads to him making this movie”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Killers of the Flower Moon (2023): 3 lines, within their own work

  1. craft (opening style) · through Goodfellas (1990), which they directed: Goodfellas ⇒ Killers of the Flower Moon (the host's read). The opening tracking shot echoes the Copacabana shot before the film rejects that mode.
    “It was a very long tracking shot through Leo's arrival, which is, you know, gesturing to Copacabana”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:14:19 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (inverts) · through Goodfellas (1990), which they directed: Goodfellas ⇒ Killers of the Flower Moon (the host's read). Same crimes by white men but with no romance or good life, a deliberate answer to Goodfellas' seductiveness.
    “there's a romance to Goodfellas that does not exist here.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:28:46 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (narration trick) · through Goodfellas (1990), which they directed: Goodfellas ⇒ Killers of the Flower Moon (the host's read). Molly's voiceover recalls Karen taking over narration in Goodfellas.
    “Goodfellas does this. There's a moment when Karen takes over the narration.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:08:58 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Goodfellas (1990): 2 lines, within their own work

  1. unmapped (stylistic seed) · through After Hours (1985), which they directed: After Hours ⇒ Goodfellas (the host's read). Sean says the fast cutting, whip-pans and close-ups in After Hours are the seeds of Goodfellas' look, via cinematographer Michael Ballhaus.
    “just seeing all the seeds of Goodfellas and all these little edits and camera shots.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:04:02 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. career (career hinge) · through After Hours (1985), which they directed: After Hours ⇒ Goodfellas (the host's read). Bill says Goodfellas does not happen if After Hours does not happen first; the cancelled Last Temptation is the sliding door.
    “I don't know if Goodfellas happens.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

The Color of Money (1986): 2 lines, within their own work

  1. career (career bridge) · through After Hours (1985), which they directed: After Hours ⇒ The Color of Money (the host's read). The camera moves of After Hours carry into Color of Money's pool table, tied to Ballhaus; both lead to Goodfellas.
    “that same thing, that camera is flying across the pool table.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:30:24 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. people (origin of collaboration) · through Raging Bull (1980), which they directed: Raging Bull ⇒ The Color of Money (the host's read). Newman watched Raging Bull on Ovitz's recommendation and wanted to work with Scorsese.
    “Paul Newman watches Raging Bull on, I guess Ovid's his recommendation and says, like, that's one of the best things I've ever seen.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 0:53:44 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Last Temptation of Christ (1988): 2 lines, within their own work

  1. unmapped (production method) · through Boxcar Bertha (1972), which they directed: Boxcar Bertha ⇒ The Last Temptation of Christ (the maker said so). Scorsese's Corman-style Boxcar Bertha experience let him storyboard and time every shot to make Last Temptation cheaply.
    “I never would have been able to make this movie if I didn't have my Corman background and experience a boxcar Bertha specifically”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 0:54:52 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. career (career enabler) · through The Color of Money (1986), which they directed: The Color of Money ⇒ The Last Temptation of Christ (the host's read). The paycheck-gig hit stabilizes Scorsese's career and makes Last Temptation and Goodfellas possible.
    “Must admit though, it is the guarantor that allows him to immediately then make. Last temptation of Christ in Goodfellas.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 0:17:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

A Bronx Tale (1993): 1 line

  1. unmapped (borrowing) · through Goodfellas (1990), which they directed: Goodfellas ⇒ A Bronx Tale (the host's read). The bar-introduction scene of nicknamed mobsters is called a borderline Goodfellas ripoff.
    “Meeting everyone in the bar, which is just a borderline Goodfellas ripoff.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:55:08 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Akira Kurosawa's Dreams: 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · them, directly: Martin Scorsese ⇒ Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (the host's read). Scorsese plays Van Gogh and helped fund the film.
    “The movie was funded in part by Martin Scorsese and George Lucas, who wanted to patronize one of their heroes at the end of his career”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:36:03 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Boogie Nights (1997): 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · through Mean Streets (1973), which they directed: Mean Streets ⇒ Boogie Nights (the maker said so: the Boogie Nights commentary track). Per the commentary track, Anderson lifted images from Mean Streets, Goodfellas and other Scorsese films for Boogie Nights.
    “Paul Thomas Anderson explained how he just ripped off images he saw in Mean Streets or in Goodfellas”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:24:42 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Cape Fear (1991): 1 line, within their own work

  1. industry (business deal) · through The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), which they directed: The Last Temptation of Christ ⇒ Cape Fear (the host's read). Universal's deal to make Last Temptation obliged a bigger film later, resulting in the Spielberg swap and Cape Fear.
    “it gets fear is a direct result of his deal with Universal for this month.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 2:00:50 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Date Night (2010): 1 line

  1. theme (genre mutation) · through After Hours (1985), which they directed: After Hours ⇒ Date Night (the host's read). Date Night is After Hours turned into an action movie, piling on too much incident.
    “Date night is action movie after hours.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 0:35:40 · unknown host (0.40 sure it was them)

Doom (2005): 1 line

  1. unmapped (cultural legacy) · through The Color of Money (1986), which they directed: The Color of Money ⇒ Doom (the host's read). Cruise saying 'Doom' in the pool hall scene led a software company to name its video game Doom.
    “That leads to the software company coming up with the name for their new revolutionary video game.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:59:44 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Go (1999): 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · through After Hours (1985), which they directed: After Hours ⇒ Go (the host's read). Go is late-90s After Hours with weird cameos.
    “they should have paid royalties to Sworses.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:31:36 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Joe Wright: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · them, directly: Martin Scorsese ⇒ Joe Wright (the maker said so: Wright, on the show). Wright's aspirational filmmakers were Kieslowski, Clarke, Loach, Altman, Scorsese, Lynch, Coppola, not superhero fare.
    “Robert Altman, Scorsese, David Lynch, and Coppola, and those are the people that I aspired to be.”
    The Big Picture · Joe Wright Bounces Back From His Darkest Hour | The Big Picture (Ep. 37) · 0:23:12 · Joe Wright (0.95 sure it was them)

Joker (2019): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · them, directly: Martin Scorsese ⇒ Joker (the host's read). Miles imagines Joker as a Scorsese pastiche that may not work.
    “it's like a Scorsese Pestiche that just kind of doesn't work”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:10:08 · Miles Surrey (0.85 sure it was them)

My Blue Heaven: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Goodfellas (1990), which they directed: Goodfellas ⇒ My Blue Heaven (the host's read). My Blue Heaven is blown out by Goodfellas as it is the same movie, like a sequel.
    “It got kind of blown out of the water by Goodfellas because it's the same movie.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:31:51 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

One Battle After Another (2025): 1 line

  1. lineage (influence / humor) · through The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), which they directed: The Wolf of Wall Street ⇒ One Battle After Another (the host's read). Scorsese influenced PTA, and the uncomfortable-laughter humor of Wolf is very PTA.
    “Scorsese is a huge influence on all filmmakers, including PTA, and there is a, like, a really screwed up level to the humor in this movie that is that is very PTA as well”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:16:54 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Raging Bull (1980): 1 line, within their own work

  1. career (career crisis) · through New York, New York (1977), which they directed: New York, New York ⇒ Raging Bull (the host's read). New York, New York's failure and bad reviews, with drugs and a collapsing marriage, pushed Scorsese toward making Raging Bull as a lifeline.
    “New York, New York comes out to bad reviews.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raging Bull with David Krumholtz · 0:46:51 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

The King of Comedy (1982): 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (spiritual sequel) · through Raging Bull (1980), which they directed: Raging Bull ⇒ The King of Comedy (the host's read). King of Comedy is a part-2 of sorts about a delusional comedian, echoing LaMotta's stand-up, and is part of a De Niro trilogy with Taxi Driver.
    “There's the king of comedy, the spiritual sequel to Raging Bull.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raging Bull with David Krumholtz · 1:55:42 · unknown host (0.30 sure it was them)

The Lovebirds (2020): 1 line

  1. lineage (unofficial remake) · through After Hours (1985), which they directed: After Hours ⇒ The Lovebirds (the host's read). The Lovebirds tried to be the After Hours of its day but never works.
    “on paper, you were like, yeah, sure, it's been too long since someone tried to make after hours.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 0:35:09 · unknown host (0.35 sure it was them)

The Night Before (2015): 1 line

  1. lineage (unofficial remake) · through After Hours (1985), which they directed: After Hours ⇒ The Night Before (the host's read). After Hours is the template for modern one-crazy-night New York comedies, none of which reach it.
    “It is one of those movies that kind of is like unofficially remade every 5 years.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 0:34:18 · unknown host (0.40 sure it was them)

Thief (1981): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Taxi Driver (1976), which they directed: Taxi Driver ⇒ Thief (the host's read). Scorsese used wet streets in Taxi Driver before Mann made it a signature.
    “Scorsese did a little bit in taxi driver”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:03:18 · Bill Simmons (0.45 sure it was them)

Top Gun: Maverick (2022): 1 line

  1. lineage (legacy-sequel heirs) · through The Color of Money (1986), which they directed: The Color of Money ⇒ Top Gun: Maverick (the host's read). Gap-based legacy sequels like Top Gun Maverick, Tron Legacy and Blade Runner follow the template Color of Money invented, though in 1986 sequels were derided.
    “now we get more and more like your your Tron legacies and your Top Gun Mavericks, where it's just casually... 37, 40 years later”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 1:07:05 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Uncut Gems (2019): 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · through After Hours (1985), which they directed: After Hours ⇒ Uncut Gems (the host's read). Uncut Gems owes a heavy debt to After Hours; Go is also described as owing it royalties.
    “could a movie owe more of a debt to after hours than the cut gems.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:31:19 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (124) everyone in directing

Other (11) everyone in other

Acting (5) everyone in acting

Writing (1) everyone in writing

What was said about them, by kind

career (3)

  1. career (career): Howard Shore → Martin Scorsese. Shore became Scorsese's go-to composer, and the host loves their collaborations.
    “I really love Shore's collaborations with Marty”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 2:03:39 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Martin Scorsese → Thelma Schoonmaker. Raging Bull is the reunion of Scorsese and editor Schoonmaker, who then cut nearly all his later films.
    “this is the reunion of Marty and Thelma Skumaker, who will edit all the rest of his films, basically.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raging Bull with David Krumholtz · 1:14:22 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Andrew Garfield → Martin Scorsese. Garfield kept a list of directors to wait for, with Scorsese on it, but hasn't had the courage to write them.
    “I made a list of directors that I was going to wait for.”
    The Big Picture · The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview · 0:46:01 · Andrew Garfield (0.95 sure it was them)

craft (5)

  1. craft (craft): Thelma Schoonmaker → Martin Scorsese. Schoonmaker said her editing Oscar felt like Scorsese's because he designed the fight sequences she cut.
    “I felt like I was winning for the fight sequences, and those fight weekend sequences were designed by him.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raging Bull with David Krumholtz · 2:03:11 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Martin Scorsese → Robbie Robertson. A host says Robbie Robertson mostly serves as music supervisor on Scorsese's soundtracks.
    “Robbie Robertson from the band for these soundtracks where Robbie will do a little bit of music, but for the most part, he's the music supervisor.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:24:45 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. craft (style culmination): The Wolf of Wall Street → Martin Scorsese. Wolf is the apotheosis of a hyperkinetic style Scorsese developed in the 21st century.
    “it's like the final boss of a thing he developed in the 21st century as a director.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:03:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. craft (craft): The Royal Tenenbaums → Martin Scorsese. Anderson's needle drops are even more part of the fabric than Scorsese's, almost diegetic.
    “even more than a Scorsese way, you know, they are like almost digetic.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:19:29 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. craft (craft): Pretend It's a City → Martin Scorsese. Only Scorsese could have gotten away with making this hodgepodge omnibus show.
    “It, an omnibus kind of a TV show, and I don't think anybody else could have made it or could have gotten away with making it in this fashion.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:25:06 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

industry (5)

  1. industry (festival context): Martin Scorsese → Goodfellas. Goodfellas was in competition at Venice that year, and Scorsese won the directing trophy.
    “Goodfellas was in competition at the Venice Film Festival this year, at Mo Better Blues”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · An Angel at My Table with Dana Stevens · 0:13:34 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): Steven Spielberg → Martin Scorsese. Most-featured directors: Spielberg 9, Tony Scott 9, Michael Mann 8, Scorsese 8.
    “Spielberg 9, Tony Scott 9.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:02:28 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. industry (industry): Martin Scorsese → The Last Temptation of Christ. Scorsese was trying to get Last Temptation of Christ made at the time he was offered this.
    “He was trying to get last temptation of Christ made.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:03:24 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. industry (industry): Akira Kurosawa's Dreams → Martin Scorsese. Scorsese plays Van Gogh and helped fund the film.
    “The movie was funded in part by Martin Scorsese and George Lucas, who wanted to patronize one of their heroes at the end of his career”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:36:03 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. industry (industry): Michael Mann → Martin Scorsese. Mann is not getting the Viking funeral Scorsese is getting.
    “it just doesn't seem like he's getting the Viking funeral that Scorsese is getting”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:36:56 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (3)

  1. lineage (lineage): Joker → Martin Scorsese. Miles imagines Joker as a Scorsese pastiche that may not work.
    “it's like a Scorsese Pestiche that just kind of doesn't work”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:10:08 · Miles Surrey (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): Joe Wright → Martin Scorsese. Wright's aspirational filmmakers were Kieslowski, Clarke, Loach, Altman, Scorsese, Lynch, Coppola, not superhero fare.
    “Robert Altman, Scorsese, David Lynch, and Coppola, and those are the people that I aspired to be.”
    The Big Picture · Joe Wright Bounces Back From His Darkest Hour | The Big Picture (Ep. 37) · 0:23:12 · Joe Wright (0.95 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (remake analogy): Martin Scorsese → Infernal Affairs. Griffin compares Oplev's situation to Scorsese taking a crack at Infernal Affairs.
    “That's a bit of a like Scorsese Infernal Affairs thing where you're just like, look, if that guy wants to take a crack at it, who am I to stand in the way?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 0:54:35 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

people (12)

  1. people (voice cameo): Martin Scorsese → The Mandalorian and Grogu. Scorsese voices an alien in the Mandalorian movie and is the standout performance.
    “I didn't know he was doing the voice of an alien.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 0:48:43 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. people (acting cameo origin): Round Midnight → Martin Scorsese. Scorsese got his Round Midnight club-owner role because Tavernier insisted when he was scouting Last Temptation locations in Paris.
    “Bert's just like, you will have to play the owner of the club, you know, like when I do this. And so that is why he's in that film.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 0:50:17 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  3. people (people): Robbie Robertson → Martin Scorsese. A joke pictures Scorsese and Robertson staying up all night watching horror movies while editing.
    “Scorsese and Robbie Robertson staying up all night watching horror movies when they're editing.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 0:54:32 · Griffin Newman (0.35 sure it was them)
  4. people (counterfactual director): Robert De Niro → Martin Scorsese. If Scorsese directed, the film would be more thrilling but less breezy and easy to rewatch.
    “If Martin Scorsese shoots the movie, it's fucking exciting.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:40:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  5. people (third collaboration): Martin Scorsese → Leonardo DiCaprio. Leo took the movie seriously partly because this was his third film with Scorsese and his chops were not yet proven.
    “Martin Scorsese directed me for the 3rd time, and I'm having a good career, but I haven't really proven my chops yet.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:13:05 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  6. people (people): Goodfellas → Martin Scorsese. Scorsese's New Yorkness was held against him by a provincial Oscars.
    “the New Yorkness of Scorsese in this movie in particular, I think was sort of held against him”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:28:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  7. people (people): The Color of Money → Martin Scorsese. Scorsese and Richard Price made the Color of Money.
    “And it's just like fucking Scorsese and Richard Price.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:47:32 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
  8. people (people): Martin Scorsese → Robbie Robertson. The score is described as a culmination of Scorsese and Robertson's whole project together.
    “It's just, it's kind of like weirdly like a culmination of their whole project together”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:30:42 · Sean Fennessey or Amanda Dobbins (0.40 sure it was them)
  9. people (auteur credit): The Color of Money → Martin Scorsese. Sean would speechify about Scorsese for 90 seconds if it were just two of them.
    “I would probably speechify about Scorsese for 90 seconds”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 0:53:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  10. people (people): Martin Scorsese → Fran Lebowitz. Scorsese's affection for his friend Lebowitz mirrors the speaker's own urge to platform brilliant friends like Chris Ryan.
    “I can feel and Scorsese, the same urges with Fran Leboitz, where he's just like, my friend is so cool and funny.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:25:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.75 sure it was them)
  11. people (people): The Last Waltz → Martin Scorsese. Sean explains the Last Waltz as Scorsese's documentary of the Band's final performance.
    “Martin Scorsese's documentary about the final performance of the band”
    The Big Picture · The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview · 0:05:58 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  12. people (people): The Age of Innocence → Martin Scorsese. The #10 film is Scorsese's.
    “Martin Scorsese.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas with Michael Rianda (Ad-Free) · 2:33:59 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (thematic): Martin Scorsese → Stanley Kubrick. The speaker says Kubrick's films are all about the fight between humanity's consciousness and animal instinct, which Raging Bull also tackles.
    “which is the fight between the consciousness, uh, of humanity and the subconscious nature of animal instinct, and that that inherent battle.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raging Bull with David Krumholtz · 1:30:14 · David Krumholtz (0.60 sure it was them)

unmapped (13)

  1. unmapped (first horror): Mirror, Mirror (Amazing Stories episode) → Martin Scorsese. Directed right before Color of Money, his first horror-adjacent work on Spielberg's Amazing Stories, a 24-minute film with a six-day shoot and no final cut.
    “It's 24 minute television film, 6 day shoot. He didn't have final cut, so I don't know that he really enjoyed it, but it was his 1st ever horror movie or horror thing.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 0:46:55 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (horror proximity): Martin Scorsese → Shutter Island. Shutter Island is named as the closest Scorsese gets to horror, with Cape Fear called a thriller.
    “Shutter Island is definitely the closest. Shutter Island, he's really using... He's a horror imagery of those...”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 0:47:24 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (neighbor / patron): Michael Ovitz → Martin Scorsese. Ovitz lived near or under Scorsese early on, borrowing movies and being shown VHS tapes upstairs.
    “Ovitz was Scorsese's neighbor for a long time. I think he lived underneath him.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 0:54:17 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  4. unmapped (borrowed scene): Martin Scorsese → American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince. The adrenaline-shot scene in Pulp Fiction was stolen from American Boy, a film Scorsese made in this period.
    “And the adrenaline shot back from the dead from Pulp Fiction is stolen from that movie.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raging Bull with David Krumholtz · 0:40:53 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)
  5. unmapped (admirer): The Texas Chain Saw Massacre → Martin Scorsese. Scorsese, Spielberg, Tarantino and Friedkin all loved it.
    “Scorsese loves this movie. Spielberg thought this movie was incredible”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:51:48 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
  6. unmapped (slow vs fast): Martin Scorsese → Stanley Kubrick. Hosts wish great directors like Scorsese and Coogler would bang out quick movies like Soderbergh; Kubrick is cited as another who took his time.
    “So Stan Kubrick is another one.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:27:27 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  7. unmapped (mentor): Michael Powell → Martin Scorsese. Powell, exiled British filmmaker married to Schoonmaker, mentored Scorsese and helped with After Hours' ending and tone.
    “he was one of the people who helped him figure out the ending, helped him determine the tone.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:36:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  8. unmapped (fandom): Sean Fennessey → Martin Scorsese. His obsession with Scorsese is rooted in lacking a guiding father figure.
    “my obsession with Martin Scorsese is probably rooted in the fact that I didn't have that.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:08:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  9. unmapped (champion): Wes Anderson → Martin Scorsese. Scorsese backed both Anderson and PTA early.
    “Wes Anderson, from his from Bottle Rocket. Scorsese was like, this is the kid.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ With Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald · 0:21:23 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  10. unmapped (signature obsessions): Martin Scorsese → Robert De Niro. Simmons sums up Scorsese as loving De Niro, the Stones, and people getting hit over the head with a glass in a bar.
    “He loved Bob De Niro, called him Bob, the stones, and people getting hit over the head in a bar with a glass.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:25:28 · Bill Simmons (0.65 sure it was them)
  11. unmapped (needle drops): The Wolf of Wall Street → Martin Scorsese. More than 30 needle drops make this the pinnacle of Scorsese's montage style.
    “there are more than 30 needle drops in the movie. They are, uh, I would argue the pinnacle of him doing that.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:14:31 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  12. unmapped (collection): Killers of the Flower Moon → Martin Scorsese. Wants Killers to round out a Scorsese collection; Apple not releasing physical.
    “I'd like to own it as well to round out my wonderful collection of Martin Scorsese films”
    The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 1:03:49 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  13. unmapped (discovery): Martin Scorsese → Lily Gladstone. Scorsese became aware of Gladstone through Kelly Reichardt's Certain Women.
    “he became aware of Lily Gladstone because he saw Kelly Rikert's certain women.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:52:49 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

what-if (2)

  1. what-if (what-if): Martin Scorsese → Species. Scorsese would make a gritty, sex alien movie steeped in Catholic guilt, with the empath as a priest.
    “I wanted his gritty, sex alien movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:17:26 · Van Lathan (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Sylvester Stallone → Martin Scorsese. Stallone was signed and Scorsese was offered the director's job and was bewildered by the script.
    “Scorsese offered the director's tour.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:03:21 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Martin Scorsese: Jamelle watched every Scorsese film in a year around 2017 and came away more convinced he is great, comparing it to a Duke Ellington binge.
    “I just watched every Marty movie and came away.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 0:22:30 · Jamelle Bouie (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Martin Scorsese: Scorsese joked with Katzenberg he'd direct Flashdance 2 if he could make Last Temptation; hosts would watch it.
    “Flashdance 2, if you let me make Last Temptation of Christ.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 0:50:04 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Martin Scorsese: After Scarface flopped with Hollywood audiences, De Palma asked Scorsese if they would become teachers; Scorsese says he couldn't do anything else.
    “I don't have anything else I can do.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 0:50:45 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Martin Scorsese: Scorsese storyboarded every shot and timed how long each could take, a Corman discipline, because the budget left no room to fail.
    “he drew out every single storyboard, every shot of this movie”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 0:55:08 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Martin Scorsese: Scorsese loved Pee-wee Herman and had PAL tapes of the show sent every week.
    “he was so into Pee-Wee Herman, that they would send him like pal tapes of like that week's show.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 1:06:49 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about Martin Scorsese: A story from Vinyl set: Scorsese says Ovitz told him at a party, there is a way to make money doing this, the line that lured him into Color of Money, and that he never made a film just for money.
    “Marty, there is a way to make money doing this.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 0:59:28 · Griffin Newman (0.45 sure it was them)
  7. fun, about Martin Scorsese: Chris's story of a 20-minute talk with Scorsese on the Vinyl set: he said his rivals had hits like Jaws and Graffiti while he had only the Color of Money and Cape Fear accused as selling out.
    “I didn't even have Carrie, you know? I didn't have Godfather.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 3:08:31 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  8. fun, about Martin Scorsese: Krumholtz's only exchange with Scorsese at a lunch: Scorsese declared Szechuan the best Chinese food, Krumholtz said Cantonese, and Scorsese looked at him like a moron and changed the subject.
    “That's the whole, my whole interaction with Martin Scorsese is that we disagreed on the best Chinese food style.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raging Bull with David Krumholtz · 0:49:47 · David Krumholtz (0.90 sure it was them)
  9. fun, about Martin Scorsese: The 1980 box office game ranks It's My Turn, The Elephant Man, Gloria, Fade to Black, The Idolmaker, The Stunt Man and Kill or Be Killed above Raging Bull at number 10.
    “And number 10 of the bucks up is Raging Bull.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raging Bull with David Krumholtz · 2:15:26 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  10. fun, about Martin Scorsese: Scorsese was offered the directing job while trying to get The Last Temptation of Christ made, and was reportedly bewildered by the script.
    “According to the research, Scorsese was, quote, bewildered by the script.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:03:28 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  11. fun, about Martin Scorsese: Scorsese won Best Picture and Director for it as a perceived make-up Oscar in a weak year; Wahlberg was the only cast member nominated.
    “It was just a really, really, really, really bad movie year.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:08:02 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  12. fun, about Martin Scorsese: Nobody ever leaves a bar alive in a Scorsese movie; Scorsese holds the record for highball glasses to the head.
    “Nobody ever gets out of a bar alive in a Scorsese movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:20:01 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  13. fun, about Martin Scorsese: Scorsese used Gimme Shelter three times; they joke about a YouTube video putting it over Silence and Kundun.
    “We should make a video, a YouTube video of Martin Scorsese movies that couldn't have the stones, but put give me shelter over like silence.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:36:03 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  14. fun, about Martin Scorsese: Quip: his relationship to love is complicated, but his relationship to TikTok, and to his daughter, seems to be thriving.
    “His relationship to TikTok seems to be thriving.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:07:04 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40 sure it was them)