i always loved this Brian De Palma story re: Raging Bull
Quote:
during the shooting of ‘Scarface,’ ‘Raging Bull’ comes out. And so De Palma goes and sees ‘Raging Bull’ at the theater, and it just starts off with that opening credits shot. That classical music playing and the big, wide shot of the ring and Jake Lamada there just bouncing in slow motion in his robe. And he said, ‘No matter what you do, no matter how good you are, there’s always Scorsese. There’s always Scorsese challenging you right there.’ And that was Scorsese at this time.”
|
Scorsese in his prime really is as good as it gets.