Movies: 12 of Martin Scorsese's Favorite Movies

[Ben Grimm]

• Pearl (2022) A24. ...
• A Trip to the Moon (1902) Lobster Films. ...
• Vertigo (1958) Paramount Pictures. ...
• The Ten Commandments (1956) Paramount Pictures. ...
• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Stanley Kubrick Productions. ...
• The Searchers (1956) Warner Bros. ...
• The Leopard (1963) ...
• Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
• The River - 1951
• 8 1/2 - 1963
• The Red Shoes - 1948
• Paisan - 1946

What do you think? @kihei

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[MVP of West Hollywd]

He seems to be a low key horror fan. It looks like he's really into Midsommar as well. He needs to work with Florence for sure.

 

[Behn Wilson]

Interesting list, outside of a few like The Searchers, Vertigo, and 2001 not really my cup of tea here.

I thought the 1902 was a typo, had no idea movies were out that

 

[frisco]

I can't remember when/where I read it, but I think Eyes Wide Shut was very high on his list. Surprised it wasn't listed. Maybe his top movie of the 1990's or something (?).

Martin Scorsese describes his love for Stanley Kubrick’s ‘Eyes Wide Shut’

Edit: Added link.

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[VMBM]

I think his choices stink! To me it seems that he mostly appreciates movies that he saw in his childhood or youth. Like, almost nothing from the 1970s and after, whaaat!?

Don't get me wrong, I love many old movies (e.g. The Treasure of Sierra Madre, Mutiny on the Bounty, The Third Man, Citizen Kane, A Night at the Opera, Gaslight...), but I don't think the pre-1970s was the golden age of cinema or anything like that. And BTW, The Searchers and Vertigo are among the most overrated films ever IMO! (Love Bernard Herrmann's soundtrack on the latter, though.)

 

[kihei]

• Pearl (2022) A24. ...
• A Trip to the Moon (1902) Lobster Films. ...
• Vertigo (1958) Paramount Pictures. ...
• The Ten Commandments (1956) Paramount Pictures. ...
• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Stanley Kubrick Productions. ...
• The Searchers (1956) Warner Bros. ...
• The Leopard (1963) ...
• Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
• The River - 1951
• 8 1/2 - 1963
• The Red Shoes - 1948
• Paisan - 1946

What do you think? @kihei

Looks like something that suits his sensibility pretty well. Pearl is probably the biggest surprise.

 

[The Marquis]

Pearl is excellent! Saw that at the Music Box in Chicago. Perfect film for that sort of theater.

 

[The Marquis]

So three of these films are in my top 25. Another in my Top 50.

8 1/2, Pearl and 2001: A Space Odyssey are too 25 and Vertigo Is probably in my top 50. There are 4 films on this list I haven’t seen and now I’m frantically searching them up to watch this week.

 

[Chili]

MS was a big fan of The Set-Up (1949), he added to the commentary on the film dvd.

There are some highlights here:

21 Things We Learned from Martin Scorsese's 'The Set-Up' Commentary

Martin Scorsese is a massive fan of 'The Set-Up' and has a great time talking about the film on this new commentary track.

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i.e.:

18. Scorsese finds the central match here to be among “the most visceral fight scenes” in cinema history. “You really feel the physicality of it. You feel the struggle, you feel the effort, and you feel what’s at stake for these characters.” Much of the fight is shot from outside of the ropes, and he recalls thinking about that when approaching Raging Bull (1980) — and then doing the opposite. He found that more “subjective” which is what he was after.

It's a great boxing film, although some might find it too real. It clearly influenced Scorsese.