The cinema is the greatest means of expression ever invented, but it is an illusion more powerful than any other and should therefore be in the hands of the magicians and the wizards who could bring it to life.
- Martin Scorsese
Filmmaking Wisdom from Martin Scorsese
I’m often asked by younger filmmakers, “Why do I need to look at old movies?”…The response I find that I have to give them is that I still consider myself a student. The more pictures I’ve made in the past twenty years the more I realize I really don’t know. And I’m always looking for something to, something or someone that I could learn from…I tell the younger filmmakers and the young students that I do it like painters used to do, or painters do: study the old masters, enrich your palette, expand your canvas. There’s always so much more to learn.
- Martin Scorsese