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of course scorsese has extraordinary good taste and love for movies. he's the one who bought, restored, and made fresh prints of la dolce vita-- bless him. visually he's an extraordinary director, his use of the camera is magnificent, but maybe he can't pick a good screenplay and/or he can't cast right.

schrader also made affliction, which i mentioned yesterday (based on a russel banks novel). great fucking movie and very underrated.