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Originally Posted by demonrail666
I think Cassavetes's is a general influence on Scorsese, like he's in his DNA. I don't see much of it in Goodfellas - far less than say Mean Streets - but it is there, almost by default. Altman does make sense though, in a way that I don't think I'd ever think of him in relation to any Scorsese film prior to Goodfellas.
And Oceans 11 yeah, the more I think about it. Yeah I'll buy that. If Altman had directed Oceans 11 with a cast picked by Cassavetes it might not've been too far removed from Goodfellas.
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Good call on After Hours. Also not challenging Raging Bull but another 80s one that gets too easily overlooked is The Colo(u)r of Money. A great film, although a lot will depend on how people deal with Tom Cruise in it - essentially a flash little cunt playing a flash little cunt.
Also, from the 90s, Bringing Out the Dead is a great little nod back to the pre-Goodfellas era. It doesn't completely come off but I really like it. Taxi Driver is the obvious reference point but something about it also reminds me a bit of After Hours.
Fuck that guy's made some great films!
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Really has. And if I was to pick any director to sit and chat with it'd be him. Man, that guy knows his beans about film.