It's interesting that he says his dad woke him up in the middle of the night to watch movies. Some might consider that irresponsible but it maybe shows the kind of nurturing necessary to raise somebody creative.
I also agree it's his most underrated movie. But........ the original movie by Shinoda is a much more powerful film. If you havent seen it check it out! Masahiro Shinoda is a master director.
Scorsese's films just leap from the screen, theres this intensity that grabs you immediately. And this goes for all of them, the last temptation of christ, age of innocence etc included
I remember that film. I saw it at cinema. It's like it's been completely erased from history. You never see it on anywhere. I don't even think I knew it was Scorcese. It is a compelling but brutal watch
@@chrisbirch4150 Physical media might be the only way to watch it. There are some films by great directors that kind of get swept underneath the rug or forgotten. Empire of the Sun by Spielberg comes to mind.
Saw it 4 times in theaters! One of his most stunningly photographed movies, DP Robert Richard had been using that hot spotlight as a trademark for years before but it’s easily used to its very best effect in Bringing, providing a ghostly ethereal nightmarishness to the film. Also one of the most memorial soundtracks he’s ever put together, he’s been a ginormous Clash fanatic since the late 70s, glad he finally found such a great way to employ two of their best early tunes! That opening montage scored & edited to Van’s TB Sheets, phenomenal!!! It’s weird they bothered bringing in Schrader though, it’s damn near a page for page replication of the source novel, didn’t get any chance for Paul to bring anything unique to the table.
@@chrisbirch4150 it’s on Amazon Prime currently. However, you are correct. It has been notoriously hard to find for me as well. I first saw it 15 years ago when I rented it from the library, so I was thrilled to finally see it in a streaming platform. It really holds up today and is definitely one of Marty’s forgotten
Great book if you ever get the chance, I read it and watched the film in EMT school a couple years back. Want to find a copy and rewatch it before Paramedic school as well. Great film.
I’m with Bill on his reaction to the Oscars the year that Kevin Costner beat out Martin Scorsese for best director with “Dances with Wolves” vs “Goodfellas”. I was so incensed by it that my only conclusion was that the Oscars are totally unreliable when it comes to measuring filmic greatness, but instead only reflect a kind of Hollywood zeitgeist which is often pretty cringeworthy. Since then I have never watched the Oscars.
The Oscars value movie stars above all else, maybe above everything else combined. "Dances With Wolves" and "Ordinary People" are both fine movies, well-directed. But they're not even in the same league as "Goodfellas" or "Raging Bull."
The Oscars serve as an ok guide if you want to look up some nominee lists to find a decent film to watch, but imo what and who actually wins the award is usually meaningless.
That's kinda like 'I'm taking my ball and going home', isn't it? I really doubt you've never watched the Oscars since; you've had to have seen some parts of some Oscars since then. But your comment does make me think about some movies in my adult lifetime, like "Do the Right Thing" and "Roma" that lost to very safe, whitebread movies. Not to mention "Raging Bull" losing out to "Ordinary People" (a fine movie, but c'mon). Then again, there have been a great many times when a truly outstanding film won Best Picture.
@@adamcole995 I have this thing where I sometimes consider certain films, not necessarily my favourite, but totally perfect for what they are meant to be. I can only think of a handful, but I consider The Full Monty to be a perfect film.
Its so nice to hear Hugo finally get some lip service in scholarly Scorsese discourse. Its one of my personal favs of his and its such an emotionally mature high quality family film, which might be why it isn't talked about more. Everything Scorsese makes is made with a passion for storytelling, I can't think of a single movie of his that you could reasonably say he, his cast and crew didn't give 110% on.
No way. People still talk about that one. Nobody mentions Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, New York New York, Kundun, Age of Innocence, The Aviator, or his excellent segment in New York Stories.
The best Scorcese films for me were his Schrader collab's. Have the book The last Temptation of Christ hopefully arriving by mail in the next few days, never knew where the source material came from, and always assumed it was purely from Scorcese and Schrader, but apparently not. Happy to see the film mentioned, the cast alone makes it stand out, Kietel, Bowie...cool stuff.
I need to see flowers for the osage again but I did not like it on the giant screen with the ear splitting volume........it would play sooooooooo much better at home on dvd.................
Most of Scorsese’s movies are hard to watch, and that’s why they are so GREAT. My two favorites are Departed and Good Fellas as I lived in both Boston and New York City. Both of them made me cringe because they were GREAT.
'Hard to watch'? You must come from a very different place than I do. I find them, at most, only occasionally hard to watch. Overwhelmingly, what's on the screen is so stellar in quality that I very much enjoy watching it.
It's interesting that he says his dad woke him up in the middle of the night to watch movies. Some might consider that irresponsible but it maybe shows the kind of nurturing necessary to raise somebody creative.
I love that story, I bonded similarly with my Dad in Terminator 2 out of moms supervision lol
@@brennenspice6098 you must be similar age. I remember my dad renting T2 when it first came out and let me stay up to watch. I was 8
nurturing
you got to think about the time too. you couldn't just on command watch what you wanted
My buddies Dad did the same thing when he was a kid. His dad liked horror though.😂
I love how the audio quality on the first one makes it sounds like Bill Hader just left this message on somebody's voicemail 🤣
Pov: it’s 4:35 AM and an unknown caller left a message on ur answering machine.
@@EP_mc 🤣
2:12 Hader does the "Oooh-ooooh"
Also heard in the first seconds of Pantera's cover of "The Badge"-
Scary good.
Scorsese's most underrated movie is, "Silence"
It's also the greatest Christian movie ever made, and it's not even close.
I also agree it's his most underrated movie. But........ the original movie by Shinoda is a much more powerful film. If you havent seen it check it out! Masahiro Shinoda is a master director.
OH I 100% AGREE FINALLY SOMEONE ELSE WHO SAYS IT😭
@@Squirtosuch a hipster response
Silence doesn’t even break into Scorsese Top 5
Silence is just amazing
Scorsese's films just leap from the screen, theres this intensity that grabs you immediately. And this goes for all of them, the last temptation of christ, age of innocence etc included
Bringing Out the Dead (1999) is another hidden gem by Scorsese
I remember that film. I saw it at cinema. It's like it's been completely erased from history. You never see it on anywhere. I don't even think I knew it was Scorcese. It is a compelling but brutal watch
@@chrisbirch4150 Physical media might be the only way to watch it. There are some films by great directors that kind of get swept underneath the rug or forgotten. Empire of the Sun by Spielberg comes to mind.
Saw it 4 times in theaters! One of his most stunningly photographed movies, DP Robert Richard had been using that hot spotlight as a trademark for years before but it’s easily used to its very best effect in Bringing, providing a ghostly ethereal nightmarishness to the film. Also one of the most memorial soundtracks he’s ever put together, he’s been a ginormous Clash fanatic since the late 70s, glad he finally found such a great way to employ two of their best early tunes! That opening montage scored & edited to Van’s TB Sheets, phenomenal!!! It’s weird they bothered bringing in Schrader though, it’s damn near a page for page replication of the source novel, didn’t get any chance for Paul to bring anything unique to the table.
@@chrisbirch4150 it’s on Amazon Prime currently.
However, you are correct. It has been notoriously hard to find for me as well. I first saw it 15 years ago when I rented it from the library, so I was thrilled to finally see it in a streaming platform. It really holds up today and is definitely one of Marty’s forgotten
Great book if you ever get the chance, I read it and watched the film in EMT school a couple years back. Want to find a copy and rewatch it before Paramedic school as well. Great film.
lmao I went from Scorsese on Kurosawa to Hader on Kurosawa to Hader on Scorsese
Great channel keep up the good work
I’m with Bill on his reaction to the Oscars the year that Kevin Costner beat out Martin Scorsese for best director with “Dances with Wolves” vs “Goodfellas”. I was so incensed by it that my only conclusion was that the Oscars are totally unreliable when it comes to measuring filmic greatness, but instead only reflect a kind of Hollywood zeitgeist which is often pretty cringeworthy. Since then I have never watched the Oscars.
The Oscars value movie stars above all else, maybe above everything else combined. "Dances With Wolves" and "Ordinary People" are both fine movies, well-directed. But they're not even in the same league as "Goodfellas" or "Raging Bull."
The Oscars serve as an ok guide if you want to look up some nominee lists to find a decent film to watch, but imo what and who actually wins the award is usually meaningless.
That's kinda like 'I'm taking my ball and going home', isn't it? I really doubt you've never watched the Oscars since; you've had to have seen some parts of some Oscars since then. But your comment does make me think about some movies in my adult lifetime, like "Do the Right Thing" and "Roma" that lost to very safe, whitebread movies. Not to mention "Raging Bull" losing out to "Ordinary People" (a fine movie, but c'mon). Then again, there have been a great many times when a truly outstanding film won Best Picture.
I feel that way about “Titanic”. Because L. A. Confidential, Good will Hunting, As good as it Gets and Full Monty are all WAY BETTER THAN titanic
@@adamcole995 I have this thing where I sometimes consider certain films, not necessarily my favourite, but totally perfect for what they are meant to be. I can only think of a handful, but I consider The Full Monty to be a perfect film.
Can’t believe he watched this at 11 years old.
People sleep on The Departed when talking about Scorsese's body of work, but I think it's one of his best.
I agree.
Gangs of New York 🙌🏼
A lot of people don’t realize that Betsy actually hooked up with Easy Andy later in the film. Andy got Betsy a brand new Cadillac with the pink slip.
My dad woke me up to watch lightening storms. Same difference. It's a dad thing.
Its so nice to hear Hugo finally get some lip service in scholarly Scorsese discourse. Its one of my personal favs of his and its such an emotionally mature high quality family film, which might be why it isn't talked about more. Everything Scorsese makes is made with a passion for storytelling, I can't think of a single movie of his that you could reasonably say he, his cast and crew didn't give 110% on.
My dad slipped me a VHS copy of " One flew over the Cuckos nest"
When i was 12.
🎥 Changed my Life
Okay Bill, I'll call you later (ends goofy ahh voicemail)
The part I don’t get is he’s about to assassinate a politician I still don’t understand that scene when he become a vigilante at the end
If there was ever a scorsese no celebrity ever mentions, it'd be The Last Temptation of Christ.
Kevin Smith talked about it a great deal one time.
No way. People still talk about that one. Nobody mentions Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, New York New York, Kundun, Age of Innocence, The Aviator, or his excellent segment in New York Stories.
The best Scorcese films for me were his Schrader collab's. Have the book The last Temptation of Christ hopefully arriving by mail in the next few days, never knew where the source material came from, and always assumed it was purely from Scorcese and Schrader, but apparently not. Happy to see the film mentioned, the cast alone makes it stand out, Kietel, Bowie...cool stuff.
The Irishman is a huge one for me
Irishman ruined my ability to watch mob movies
Why don't films like these get made today?
I don't watch the Oscars and never have
I need to see flowers for the osage again but I did not like it on the giant screen with the ear splitting volume........it would play sooooooooo much better at home on dvd.................
Killers of the flower moon lol
I think Cape Fear is a masterpiece and that’s saying something for a remake.
Why do some people say "you know" over and over while talking, you know? It drives me crazy, you know.
Most of Scorsese’s movies are hard to watch, and that’s why they are so GREAT. My two favorites are Departed and Good Fellas as I lived in both Boston and New York City. Both of them made me cringe because they were GREAT.
'Hard to watch'? You must come from a very different place than I do. I find them, at most, only occasionally hard to watch. Overwhelmingly, what's on the screen is so stellar in quality that I very much enjoy watching it.
that intro is kinda annoying
Very, but also short and memorable