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There has been little to report since my last entry, except I went to see Shutter Island, Martin Scorsese's latest film. As you'd expect from Scorsese it is well made, brilliantly directed and acted, the scripts were good, but it left me wanting. I felt the film wasn't as good as it could have been. It was let down by a couple of very unnecessary scenes and I felt as though half an hour's (at least) worth of cuts could have been made and it could have been an altogether tighter and gripping movie. It seemed slightly over indulgent and plodding. Not one of Marty's best. But it brings me to conversation Ninjasaurus Rex and I were having over another romantic lunch date about Scorsese's films. He said 'when I think of him, all I think of is Gangster films.' I protested and to shove it further in his stupid face here is a list of films directed by Scorsese with a 'G' to mark out the gangster films:

1. Sinatra (2011)
2. The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2011)
3. Untitled George Harrison Documentary (2010)
   
4. Shutter Island (2010)
5. "Boardwalk Empire" (1 episode, 2010)
   
6. The Key to Reserva (2007)
7. The Departed (2006) G
   
8. No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)
9. The Aviator (2004)
10. Lady by the Sea: The Statue of Liberty (2004)
11. "The Blues" (1 episode, 2003)
    
12. Gangs of New York (2002) G
    
13. The Concert for New York City (2001)
    
14. Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
15. Il mio viaggio in Italia (1999)
    
16. Kundun (1997)
17. Casino (1995) G
    
18. A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995)
19. The Age of Innocence (1993)
20. Cape Fear (1991)
21. Goodfellas (1990) G
    
22. Made in Milan (1990)
    
23. New York Stories (1989)
24. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
25. Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
26. Bad (1987)
27. The Color of Money (1986)
28. "Amazing Stories" (1 episode, 1986)
    
29. After Hours (1985)
30. The King of Comedy (1982)
31. Raging Bull (1980)
    
32. American Boy: A Profile of: Steven Prince (1978)
33. The Last Waltz (1978)
34. New York, New York (1977)
35. Taxi Driver (1976)
36. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
37. Italianamerican (1974)
38. Mean Streets (1973) G
39. Boxcar Bertha (1972)

Hmmm. Not many there really is there? Five in fact, five out of a list of nearly forty. A list that doesn't include his really early shorter works. So Rex, STFU! And please don't try to tell me that Taxi Driver is a Gangster film, it's not, it's a vigilante film.

You talkin' to me?

This post went a little away from the topic I was going to write about, North Korea, so that will have to wait for another time. One final thing, I forgot to mention Young Matt's blog in previous posts. It's one I read and once you get past the atrocious grammar and spelling it's rather funny. Read it HERE.