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Apr 30, 1999 · In Search of Kundun with Martin Scorsese: Directed by Michael Henry Wilson. With The Dalai Lama, Roger Deakins, Dante Ferretti, Tencho Gyalpo. The making of Martin Scorsese s Oscar-nominated film Kundun was an historic event, the first feature film treatment of the life of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet.
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- Michael Henry Wilson
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- 6 'Shutter Island'
- 5 'The Aviator'
- 4 'Gangs of New York'
- 3 'The Departed'
- 2 'Killers of The Flower Moon'
- 1 'The Wolf of Wall Street'
The worst of the best
It feels a little harsh to call Shutter Island the "worst" of all the movies Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio have made together, but unfortunately, something has to take the bottom spot. In no way should that imply that Shutter Islandis a bad movie because, as a dark psychological thriller/mystery movie, it works pretty well. It begins with a U.S. Marshal investigating the disappearance of a patient from a high-security psychiatric facility, only to morph into something much more comple...
DiCaprio's tour-de-force
Of all the movies Martin Scorsese has directed Leonardo DiCaprio in, there's an argument to be made that The Aviator is their most ambitious, and also maybe the one that was least likely to have mass appeal. It's a biopic that runs close to three hours in length, telling the dramatic life story of Howard Hughes, focusing particularly on his life between the years 1927 and 1947. To say Hughes accomplished and went through a great deal throughout this time in his life would be a massive underst...
Daniel Day-Lewis steals the show
Gangs of New York is an uneven movie, sure, but at its best, it's honestly a thrilling and very engaging watch. It's a historical crime epic that surpasses earlier Scorsese movies like Goodfellas and Casino when it comes to scale, though perhaps not quality. It takes place in the 1860s in the crime-infested New York City neighborhood of Five Points and revolves around warring gangs in the area. At the center of the action is DiCaprio's character, who seeks revenge against Bill the Butcher for...
Scorsese's ticket to the Oscar stage
A crime/thriller movie that's as violent as it is frequently profane, The Departed represents Martin Scorsese at his most energetic as a director and Leonardo DiCaprio at his loudest as an actor. The 2007 Best Picture winner, a remake of Hong Kong's 2002 film Infernal Affairs, centers on a criminal gang sending one of their own undercover within the police force and the police sending an undercover cop to infiltrate the same gang. As expected, this eventually results in an intense game of cat...
Scorsese and DiCaprio's latest masterpiece
Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Robert De Niro. Those three names in succession should be enough to make plenty of people interested in Killers of the Flower Moon, which sees Scorsese collaborating with his two favorite actors for the same feature film. All three are in top form here, as is Lily Gladstone, who plays the third lead, with the film's story revolving around a series of numerous murders committed against the Osage people during the 1920s in Oklahoma. Killers of the Flower...
A profane ode to excess
The Wolf of Wall Street manages to top even The Departed when it comes to profanity, and it contains a great deal more debauchery, drug use, and racy content to boot. Before Killers of the Flower Moon, it also stood as the longest film Scorsese and DiCaprio had made together, with a runtime of three hours. The fast pace, in-your-face content, and long runtime do make the film a little exhausting to watch, but it uses various excesses to comment on... well, the excesses and greed that come wit...
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- Killers of the Flower Moon. Six years in the making and nine years after Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio's last collaboration, the historical epic "Killers of the Flower Moon" finally hit theaters in fall 2023 to widespread praise and an impressive $23 million opening weekend at the box office.
- The Wolf of Wall Street. Martin Scorsese's 2013 biopic "The Wolf of Wall Street" is by far his most commercially successful film, earning more than $392 million at the worldwide box office.
- The Departed. The 2006 crime thriller "The Departed" perfectly exemplifies Martin Scorsese's raw, gritty realism at its finest. While Scorsese is no stranger to Academy Award nominations, it's remarkable that "The Departed" is the only one of his films to win best picture and best director awards, along with best adapted screenplay and best editing – the latter credit going to another one of his frequent collaborators, Thelma Schoonmaker.
- The Aviator. When considering Martin Scorsese's best biographical films, titles like "Raging Bull" and "The Wolf of Wall Street" are likely to come to mind, with "The Aviator" often slipping under the radar.
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- The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) In recounting the career of crooked stockbroker Jordan Belfort who conned his way into building an empire, Scorsese holds nothing back.
- The Departed (2006) Scorsese finally won a Best Picture Oscar for this remake of Hong Kong filmmakers Andy Lau and Alan Mak’s 2002 film Infernal Affairs about a gangster posing as a cop and a cop posing as a gangster.
- Shutter Island (2010) Speaking of cracked psyches… actually, it’s best not to reveal too much about why DiCaprio’s work in this psychological thriller is so devastating.
- The Aviator (2004) Howard Hughes — the business magnate, film producer, and, yes, aviator who became an international celebrity before retreating into seclusion — had been portrayed on film before The Aviator.
May 17, 2020 · Helmed by renowned film historian and documentarian Michael Henry Wilson, “In Search of Kundun” not only expounds on the behind-the-scenes production of the aforementioned Scorsese film but also reflects upon the real-life foundation that the director’s film is rooted in, focusing much of the runtime on interviews with the Dalai Lama ...
Oct 7, 1998 · Overview. In Search of Kundun, a “making-of” documentary that is so much more, follows Scorsese as he plans his epic film and shoots in Morocco, and continues on to an audience with the Dalai Lama himself in the foothills of the Himalayas.