Perhaps reflecting his early experiences of seeing the real thing, Scorsese avoided moralising about the criminal fraternity. Instead he made some of the best gangster movies of all time.
Would he have become part of it if he had been in better health?įortunately for us, that was not the path that Scorsese went down. He witnessed their apparent untouchability, and saw the power that being part of a criminal fraternity brought. He saw the youths with mob connections on his street. He depicts the lives of prominent mobsters with a loving attention to detail that shows an understanding of the appeal and glamour of the lives that they lead, as well as awareness that theirs is a dangerous and violent business.ĭid the young Scorsese wish to be a gangster, I wonder? He was an asthmatic child who could not play sports or join in with the games that other children played. Perhaps no film director has been as fascinated with gangsters as Martin Scorsese. To read my view on each individual film, click here for Goodfellas, click here for Casino, and click here for The Irishman. This article is designed to provide an overview of three Martin Scorsese films, identifying connections between them.
