As we wait for Paramount to lift their current silence when it comes to Silence, we’ll take anything Martin Scorsese-related we can get. To do so we’re going back over a quarter-of-a-century to a previously unheard talk he had with author T.J. English in 1990, around the release of Goodfellas. Animated by PBS for their digital series Blank and Blank, it may only run just over five minutes, but it’s as enlightening as one might expect from the director.
In it, Scorsese talks about drawings he did as a kid (see one here) as he started to seriously think about the spectacle of movies and framing. He also opens up about dabbling with priesthood, the experience his parents had when watching the explicit nature of his films. To wrap up, he eloquently says, “The two elements I like best about movies are the sense of motion and performance,” adding, “sometimes when it all comes together … you become the film you’re making.”
Check out the interview below, and for more from the director, explore Waxworks Record’s incredible-looking vinyl release of the Taxi Driver score, available here.
Waxwork Records is honored to announce the 40th Anniversary soundtrack release of director Martin Scorsese’s 1976 cinematic masterpiece, TAXI DRIVER composed by the legendary Bernard Herrmann.
Featuring an all star cast including Robert DeNiro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepard, Albert Brooks, and Harvey Keitel, TAXI DRIVER is regularly cited by audiences, critics, and film directors alike as one of the greatest films of all time. The music by legendary composer Bernard Herrmann was his final score before his death on December 24th, 1975.
Nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, the film was considered “culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant” by the US Library of Congress and was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry in 1994.
Waxwork Records is pleased to present TAXI DRIVER as a deluxe double LP featuring the complete film score by Bernard Herrmann on vinyl for the very first time, ever. Also included is the complete and remastered original 1976 soundtrack release.
Waxwork Records had the massive pleasure of working with legendary director Martin Scorsese on this 40th Anniversary release to which the director provided new, in depth, and exclusive liner notes. The new album artwork by Rich Kelly is also graciously approved by director Martin Scorsese.
