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Friday, October 06, 2006

Martin Scorsese Countdown

Excited as I am about Martin Scorsese's new film "The Departed" (2006) - his first collaboration, not only with Jack Nicholson, but Marky Mark as well ! - I hand over the Martin Scorsese Countdown, a listing of his films from The Best to The Least Best, as I see it. Opposite of how most countdowns are performed, I know, but I go my own way, just like Martin Scorsese. There are many eerie similarities between us, you know - we are both Scorpios and neither of us has won an Oscar yet.

I've omitted the films I haven't yet seen - "Boxcar Bertha" (1972), "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" (1974), "The Last Waltz" (1978), the documentaries, and the early short films.

I hear "Boxcar Bertha" rocks.

  1. "Taxi Driver" (1976)
  2. "Raging Bull" (1980)
  3. "Mean Streets" (1973)
  4. "Goodfellas" (1990)
  5. "The Last Temptation of Christ" (1988)
  6. "Casino" (1995)
  7. "New York, New York" (1977)
  8. "Kundun" (1997)
  9. "The Aviator" (2004)
  10. "The King Of Comedy" (1983)
  11. "After Hours" (1985)
  12. "Gangs Of New York" (2002)
  13. "Bringing Out The Dead" (1999)
  14. "The Color Of Money" (1986)
  15. "The Age Of Innocence" (1993)
  16. "Cape Fear" (1991)
  17. "New York Stories: Life Lessons" (1989)



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2 Comments:

switch 7 & 13, 8 & 10, 9 & 11 and youff gotte summat-ting.

- By Anonymous Anonymous, at Fri Oct 13, 08:16:00 PM GMT+1  

I do like that "Bringing Out The Dead". It's much, much better than anyone supposes. It perhaps could rank a little higher.

- By Blogger Neal Romanek, at Thu Feb 22, 06:27:00 PM GMT  

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