The Films of Martin Scorsese

In a series of articles, Chris Wade looks at the first half of Martin Scorsese's film career; from the early student shorts of the mid sixties, through the visceral seventies with films like Mean Streets and Taxi Driver, on to undisputed classics such as Raging Bull and Goodfellas, and culminating with 1995's underrated masterpiece Casino. This remarkable run of movies is arguably unmatched to this day, films which helped reshape and redefine the laws of cinema. This book is a tribute to a remarkable era in movie history, telling the story of one of its true geniuses through his finest cinematic moments.