Tag: The Wolf of Wall Street

• Perfect Directors: Martin Scorsese

  

  If there’s one unifying element to Martin Scorsese’s films, it’s alienation. Specifically, the alienation of his male protagonists: whether successes (Howard Hughes in The Aviator, Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street, or Sam “Ace” Rothstein in Casino), failures (Rupert Pupkin in The King of Comedy, Frank Pierce in Bringing Out the Dead, and…

  Mike Gray

  June 15, 2017

  culture, film

  director, film, Goodfellas, Martin Scorsese, Perfect Directors, Taxi Driver, The Wolf of Wall Street