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Although Scorsese is famous for being an "auteur" of his films, it was Paul Schrader who came up with this classic story about a lonesome guy who is rejected by women, visits porn theaters and who's obsessed with guns. It was actually a description of Schrader's own situation in life.
Taxi Driver
Noir classics "Out of the Past" (1947) and "Vertigo" (1958) were shown to cast and crew as a preparation for this movie.
Shutter Island
The Jews have American accents while the Romans have British accents.
The Last Temptation of Christ
Scorsese delivered the part "Life Lessons" which is approximately one third of this film. The other two parts were directed by Francis Ford Coppola and Woody Allen.
New York Stories
The greedy protagonist of this semi-biopic was himself inspired by the movie character Gordon Gekko played by Michael Douglas.
The Wolf of Wall Street
The last shot in which a man directly shoots "into the audience" is an homage to the 1903 silent short classic "The Great Train Robbery".
GoodFellas
Scorsese had to remake a Hong Kong flick to get an Oscar.
The Departed
The word that starts with "F" and ends with "uck" is delivered each 24.5 seconds - considering a length of 178 minutes, it's a total of 435 F***s given.