Martin Scorsese Essay

Belfort, he may not have developed said compass. Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street,” is a film that follows closely to Jordan Belfort’s memoir of becoming a filthy rich stockbroker. “The Wolf of Wall Street” depicts Belfort’s rise to riches and fall back to reality, whom is played by Leonardo DiCaprio. Scorsese has also directed “Goodfellas” and “The Departed,” which both proved him to be a brilliant director. Making a sharp left, Scorsese surprised his fans with “The Wolf of Wall Street

The film Taxi Driver, directed by Martin Scorsese, takes place in New York City during the 1970’s. The main character Travis Bickle, played by Robert De Niro, is a United States Marine returning home after serving his country. Taxi Driver appears to demonstrate the theory of Social Disorganization. The audience can see this throughout the film in scenes where Bickle is driving through the city. As the film continues Bickle appears to struggle with adjusting to such a large city and coping with

Directed by a fan of the musicians involved in the film, The Last Waltz is considered one of the greatest musical films, if not the greatest, ever produced in the history of rock ‘n’ roll. It features the last concert given by a group of musicians who referred to themselves as “The Band”. Hence the name The Last Waltz was given to the title of the film. Besides the concert, the viewers are enlightened with the life experiences of these musicians through the interviews dispersed between the scenes

Hugo, a film released in 2011, tells the story of a young boy who has had a rough life, who meets a girl that helps guide him on his journey. Directed by Martin Scorsese, Hugo is a historical film that is based on the life of Georges Melies, a French illusionist and film director who contributed heavily to the early developments of cinema. The film connects Melies life to the coming-of-age story of the main character Hugo, in a way that brings history to from textbooks and articles to a magical cinematic

one day everything could be fine and the next not so well. The acting in this film was excellent in my opinion. The three main characters: Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, and Robert De Niro all played their roles phenomenally. The film was directed by Martin Scorsese. An interesting fact I found out was, Al Pacino was offered Niro’s role and he turned it down. I thought the characters played a great job with their roles. Majority of the actors in this movie had some sort of connection in gangster films. A

An analysis on: Taxi Driver and Raging Bull The films that will be discussed here in this paper, are quite similar in meaning and symbolism, also in the fact that both films have the same director Martin Scorsese, and the same leading actor Robert De Niro, the films were about corruption and redemption, and though both of them have the same idea about the psychological deterioration of both of the main characters and the way that they deal with that initial decline through the symbols that represent

instability and hallucinations also brings out fear, anger, anxiety and sadness. The four films I have chosen are psychological thrillers which all deal with some form of isolation and all feature mental illness. The films are Shutter Island by Martin Scorsese (2010), The Others by Alejandro Amenabar (2001), Black Swan by Darren Aronofsky (2010) and Secret Window by David Koepp (2004). In today’s society mental illness has become far more common than in the past when they had no idea how to deal with

Movie Review: Gangs of New York Gangs of New York, set in the 1860s New York, follows the story through the eyes of Amsterdam, bought into life by Leonardo DiCaprio. Director Martin Scorsese does a wonderful job of portraying history on a live screen. Scorsese starts off in what seems to be early 1846 when the Irish immigrants flooded into New York following the famine of 1842. The movie starts with an Irish Catholic Priest Vallon (Liam Nesson) and his group “Dead

JORDAN BELFORT Biography / Background Nicknamed "the Wolf of Wall Street," Jordan Belfort made millions in the 1990s through his investment company, Stratton Oakmont. His memoir is the basis for the 2013 Martin Scorsese film The Wolf of Wall Street, starring Leonardo Dicapro. Born in Queens, New York, on July 9, 1962, Jordan Belfort had a natural talent as a salesman at an early age, operating a meat and seafood business in the 1980s. After that company went bust, Belfort began selling stocks in

Travis Bickle is a veteran of the Vietnam War and now works as a taxi driver in New York. All through the night, he goes on working alone in a metropolitan city, because he can’t sleep at night. Travis lives alone, without his family, any friend and lover, so he doesn’t talk to anybody, but he spent watching porn and thinking about himself. He seems to be alienated from others and the society, at the same time he has already noticed his lonely situation. In Taxi Driver, Travis feels loneliness which