Happy birthday Martin Scorsese: 4 films you should watch by the legendary movie director
Martin Scorsese, the legendary American movie director, celebrates his 81st birthday today. Scorsese is widely regarded as one of the foremost film directors of all time with stellar movies like “Goodfellas,” “Cape Fear,” “Raging Bull” and many more.
Additionally Scorsese has worked with some of the best actors ever to have graced the silver screen namely Rober De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio to name a few.
Scorsese was born in New York City and grew up in a locality called Little Italy, Manhattan.
The majority of the population residing there were Italian immigrants and the area was stricken with poverty and was riddled with crime as well.
His love for cinema started at a very early age and reportedly he was especially fond of the films made by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, a British director duo who were famously known as The Archers.
Scorsese studied at New York University where he made his first piece of cinema which was titled “I Call First” in the year 1967. The name of the movie was later changed to “Who’s That Knocking at My Door.”
As Scorsese celebrates his birthday, here are 4 films which are must-watch from the revered director.
Goodfellas
This is considered to be one of the most acclaimed gangster films ever made.
With a stellar cast consisting of actors such as Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta and Joe Pesci, this story showed the story of a man who aspired to be a gangster, became a part of a mobster family and the negative impacts it had on his life.
Raging Bull
This movie is an adaptation of a book by the former boxing champion Jake LaMotta titled “Raging Bull.” Scorsese, at his peak during that time, perfectly showcased LaMotta’s fierce personality and performances inside the boxing ring and his
