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Scorsese

Scorsese

46 5.8
An American film director and producer known for movies like Taxi Driver and Goodfellas
  • proper noun
  • /skɔrˈseɪzi/
: Scorsese
  • I would, for instance, rate Mr. Scorsese's Mean Streets even a little higher than Taxi Driver.
  • Martin Scorsese
  • a Scorsese film
  • Scorsese and Schrader

I'm still making movies with Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, right?

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Examples

  • I had the greatest pleasure of meeting Martin Scorsese once, a couple of years ago.

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  • I believe Martin Scorsese shot Gangs of New York there too.

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  • But the skeleton and heart of that film are pure Scorsese through and through.

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  • It's difficult to explain just how important Martin Scorsese has been to my own discovery of cinema.

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  • New York Stories demonstrates yet again the difference between the "religious" dimensions of Scorsese's and Allen.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Mindy has liked Nick Nolte ever since she saw him in a Martin Scorsese short film about a tortured SoHo artist.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • I had the opportunity to meet Martin Scorsese at a film festival last year.

  • Many directors admire the techniques of Scorsese in his legendary movies.

  • Martin Scorsese is known for his contributions to American cinema and his unique storytelling.

Synonyms

Martin Scorsese
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An American film director famous for classic movies like Taxi Driver and Goodfellas

is the simpler surname or general reference to that filmmaker

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Scorsese is an Italian 'family name' most famous because of director Martin Scorsese; think of it as a name tag for him and his relatives, so Scorsese usually names the person or the family.