Scorsese

Among Martin Scorsese’s masterpieces are crime and religious dramas, comedies and biopics, musical and documentary films. Today, he is one of the most influential figures in American cinema. This book by young critic and film scholar Marat Shabaev examines Scorsese from various angles — as a “street realist” who rose to fame depicting his native New York, as an innovator and key figure of New Hollywood, and as a passionate cinephile and champion of cinema. This is not a biography of the director, but an attempt to understand what constitutes Scorsese’s world, what inspires his films, and how they fit into the history of world cinema.