The wise guy

Updated November 10 2012 - 11:13am, first published 10:55am
Exploring the darkness ... Martin Scorsese directs Leonardo DiCaprio in 2004's <i>The Aviator</i>.
Exploring the darkness ... Martin Scorsese directs Leonardo DiCaprio in 2004's <i>The Aviator</i>.

When he turns 70 next week, Martin Scorsese can be confident of his place in the pantheon of cinema. He is the greatest American director now working, and the most influential director of the past 40 years. If you asked David Fincher, Clint Eastwood, Terrence Malick or Steven Spielberg, they would probably agree. His influence has been profound; his output extraordinary across a huge range of styles. A film magazine poll a few years back ranked him second of all time, behind Hitchcock. In 20 years, I suspect it might go the other way.

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