Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by sjb (A) on June 05, 2007 at 07:02:56

In Reply to: RE: Scorsese's best (nod to "ny...."): posted by tinear on June 05, 2007 at 05:17:53

I have to nitpick as you've attributed way more start making power to those films than they deserve.

Out of all the films and stars you mentioned the only one's who Scorcese really launched were De Niro, Keitel (and really, how big a star is he? How many movies has he opened) and, drum roll... Linda Fiorentinto (sp?) from After Hours (Griffin Dunne never became a star and Teri Garr had already made the big time).

The rest... Lewis had already done Room With a View, My Beautiful Laundrette, My Left Foot, The Unbearable Lightness of Being and Last Of The Mohican's when he did AOI. Winona had already done Beetlejuice, Heathers, Eric Scissorhands and Dracula.

It does make the list seem formidable when you add in Savage, Walken, and Streep but it's a big stretch to say that The Deer Hunter was influenced by Mean Streets and therefore those stars owe a nod to Marty for their stars rising.

I would though add Joe Pesci to the list (though he's a "star" in a similar way that Keitel is) and Ray Liotta and he even made Tom Cruise seem like a good up and coming actor in The Color Of Money (also under-rated in my opinion).

Don't piss on my shoe and tell me it's raining.