The Academy award winning director and masterful auteur Martin Scorsese has brought the world some of the greatest films of all time such as TAXI DRIVER, RAGING BULL, GOODFELLAS and THE DEPARTED.
Scorsese is known for collaborating with the same actors on multiple productions, he has extensively worked with actors such as Harvey Keitel, Robert De Niro and most recently Leonardo DiCaprio. His upcoming film THE WOLF OF WALL STREET, which is due for release this Christmas, is the fifth time he has worked with the fantastic DiCaprio after GANGS OF NEW YORK, THE AVIATOR, THE DEPARTED and SHUTTER ISLAND. Now in a recent Q & A with the acclaimed director to promote his upcoming true-life crime caper, Scorsese has hinted that he may have as little as two productions left in his career before the 71 year old film maker retires. Here is what he had to say:
‘Desire? Yes, I have the desire to make many films, but as of now I’m 71 and there’s only a couple more left if I get to make them. I miss the time when I had the desire to experiment and try different kinds of films, I miss that time, but that’s done, it’s over. There is obligation as you get older, you have family. I’ve been very lucky in the last 10 years or so, to have found projects that combine the desire, the subject matter—from “The Aviator” to now—with, as best I can, fulfilling the obligation to my family and the financiers’.
Obviously it would come as incredibly upsetting news to film fans worldwide to hear that Scorsese had retired, however with the multiple masterpieces that he has given us, I think the man has more than earned a wonderful long retirement. In the mean time we still have THE WOLF OF WALL STREET on the way which looks fantastic and atleast two more films after that before Scorsese’s potential retirement. Lets just hope that we get that long promised reunion between him and De Niro before any more talk of retiring. After all, CASINO was a very long time ago….
Source: JoBlo
