Includes Scorsese's Amex spot. Clip from TCM's Scorsese On Scorsese www.imdb.com/title/tt0440780/ available on the Departed DVD www.amazon.com/dp/B000M5AJQS/
Wouldn’t the antagonist be the cake? Considering that’s the representation of the birthday, which is the representation of life and aging, which eventually results in death?
Imagine being a commercial director and having to direct Martin Scorsese. In my head he would constantly tell you how to do it better, sounds like an exhausting but interesting job
Honestly I don’t know if he would. He has great respect for actors and when he is one (and not in his own film) he’s probably just being an actor, knowing that a know-it-all actor telling the director what to do would cause a lot of trouble on set and needlessly extend production time. Unless he’s also producer, then there’s a loophole…
He absolutely wouldn't, he's a professional who knows that set time is extremely precious, he doesn't have all day and he's there to have fun in the actor's role. Have been in the entertainment industry all my life and those people are *everything* but their stereotypes. Co-managing a multi-million dollars budget while directing a bunch of hypersensitive people (by definition, I'm an actor too sometimes, that's how it is) and super-perfectionists everywhere requires as many seconds of your perfectly focused attention as you could ever get. These people work 15, sometimes up to 20 hours a day, for 2, 3, 6 months in a row, maybe even a year. Contrary to actors (who mostly are like that anyway) they can't come there late or anything. Trust me, being a director at this level is literally the furthest thing from the snot-nosed artsy author stereotype going 'round bossing people randomly. The industry is a lot more simple than people think... it's just insanely high standard, really. The essentials about making movies and acting remain the exact same, if you're a talented actor or director out of Hollywood, you can be a talented one in Hollywood, if you survive the pressure and the networking. That's really it.
0:50 "Too literal, too violent, too metaphorical, too dark" prove that you can't please all critics, the guy who acted in this commercial with Marty sure felt lucky.
"I mean it was very easy to do because basically you gotta...ughpff...otherwise..y-you...ugh...otherwise you know i-it's just...there...oh god you take your...take myself too...the word is seriously I guess, but you know the damn thing is you gotta me serious about making a picture." - Martin Scorsese
@@jackmace6531 I think the reason he was stammering is because he realized what he was saying seemed to confirm the stereotype about himself caricatured in the commercial, that he's a somewhat pretentious perfectionist who's too serious about his own movies, and he tried to dance around it before finally just accepting it and embracing it at the end.
he's one of those types that has to stammer around in interviews instead of just getting to the point presumably he's different on set or it must be a goddamn nightmare to work under him
nah photographers are pretentious trash. every "photographer" ive met posts pictures of trees with every editing effect they can muster on create pro. film makers arent just glorified photographers. they have to be writers, actors, and leaders. ofc the camera is there too but its useless without the imagination.
completely untrue.. your cinematographer perhaps should be.. but as a director, you should know drama, conflict, psychology, society, human nature, music, literature, rhythm, and have an abundance of sympathy, and finally have a vision.. if you have all that.. you may start without knowing a jot of photography
That's dumb. Dogmatic mindsets like that are driven by ego. Any true film maker will tell you that to be a filmmaker, is simply to have the drive to make a film, that's the only thing that defines a filmmaker.
He's got a great sense of humor I thought I was completely done but then he drops the line " how would you like to be five again? " 🤣 Absolutely love this 😂
Orangeflava man I've been living under a rock apparently.... It's like I've just discovered oil!! Do you recall the exact year you saw this? Looks like early 2000s to me
A lot of space in the frame is left above characters heads, I think this is to imply a sense of ‘thought’ as thoughts are often depicted as occurring above people’s heads - it’s like there’s an internal dialog happening as well as the words spoken on screen
Photo Developer: "Here are your photos sir." Christopher Nolan: "But they haven't been taken yet." Photo Developer: "They have, that's why I'm giving them to you." Christopher Nolan: "The payment is today, but the photos won't be taken until tomorrow, these weren't developed until yesterday and we've already had this conversation many times before." Photo Developer: "What."
Truth be told this is the first time I’ve ever heard Scorseses voice and I couldn’t help but think of Mr Sikes from “Shark Tale” And looking further I found that he actually WAS the voice for Mr Sikes…Learn new stuff every day.
I find humorous and sincere how his realization is that for more off-putting that being meticulous in a craft is, at the end it's very important for it to be taken seriously (when making something, you need the drive and focus, inside a method or careful process). Even, the commercial about this is, most likely refined as much as it need it, despite being satirical and commercial.
Beginners: this advice my not be for us. I tried to *begin* filmmaking like this. I didn't turn up five works in ten years. I'll now begin however I see fit, and *get to* approach filmmaking seriously one day.
"Here, we have the protagonist but where's the antagonist? Huh, where's the drama?" Cracks me up every time. Marty is the man.
I like imagining who tf is the antagonist at a 5th birthday party.
@@rhysmarksentertainment.3644 likely the obnoxious kid who blows on the candles instead of the party kid 🤣
Well, he did say that cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out... so the antagonist could very well be out. Drama is still preserved!
Wouldn’t the antagonist be the cake? Considering that’s the representation of the birthday, which is the representation of life and aging, which eventually results in death?
@@rhysmarksentertainment.3644 a frenemy
“Too violent.”
I shudder to think what Martin Scorsese considers too violent.
Face in the cake?
At a five years old's birthday party no less.
pinata moment
@@rogerkincaid931 Isn't it obvious that he means too violent...for a kid's bday party. Not too violent compared to his normal standards.
Probably some Ted Bundt shit
This man should do more acting. He's an interesting actor in his own right!
He's very energetic!
yeah .. about that, he ain't 25 anymore
look like Denis Hoper
Well, he's "playing" an exaggerated version of himself so I wouldn't put too much stock into it.
He does act in like 6 of his own movies, though only very briefly.
So funny, especially at the end, where he wants to re-shoot....'Timmy, it's Uncle Marty, how'd you like to turn 5 again?' hahahaha
But Marty, the 5th Birthday party is already over budget, what are you doing?
@@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747okay THIS had me dead 😂
Funny how?
Sounds like a deal a wise guy would make you 😂
This had me on the floor
Imagine being a commercial director and having to direct Martin Scorsese. In my head he would constantly tell you how to do it better, sounds like an exhausting but interesting job
One could not ask for a better directing lesson than that
Honestly I don’t know if he would. He has great respect for actors and when he is one (and not in his own film) he’s probably just being an actor, knowing that a know-it-all actor telling the director what to do would cause a lot of trouble on set and needlessly extend production time. Unless he’s also producer, then there’s a loophole…
He absolutely wouldn't, he's a professional who knows that set time is extremely precious, he doesn't have all day and he's there to have fun in the actor's role. Have been in the entertainment industry all my life and those people are *everything* but their stereotypes. Co-managing a multi-million dollars budget while directing a bunch of hypersensitive people (by definition, I'm an actor too sometimes, that's how it is) and super-perfectionists everywhere requires as many seconds of your perfectly focused attention as you could ever get. These people work 15, sometimes up to 20 hours a day, for 2, 3, 6 months in a row, maybe even a year. Contrary to actors (who mostly are like that anyway) they can't come there late or anything. Trust me, being a director at this level is literally the furthest thing from the snot-nosed artsy author stereotype going 'round bossing people randomly. The industry is a lot more simple than people think... it's just insanely high standard, really. The essentials about making movies and acting remain the exact same, if you're a talented actor or director out of Hollywood, you can be a talented one in Hollywood, if you survive the pressure and the networking. That's really it.
I wouldn't be surprised if he directed this.
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0:50 "Too literal, too violent, too metaphorical, too dark" prove that you can't please all critics, the guy who acted in this commercial with Marty sure felt lucky.
That's the joke but...i absolutely agree, it's imposible to please critics and even more difficult to please both critics and audiences equally
U have the protagonist but where’s the antagonist 😀
"Too metaphorical" hahaha
Wait till you realize his commentary applies to the shot of the store (meta-commentary lol). Genius commercial.
Love the look he gives the guy at 0:46 that just says "I no longer trust your judgement".
The commercial was shot as if it were an episode of mr robot.
Exactly what i thought. Protagonists in the lower corners
Exactly what i thought. Protagonists in the lower corners
😂😂😂
I'll swap an acting Tarantino for an acting Scorsese any day of the week.
I'd swap whatever Scorsese for Tarantino anyday. Hell, I'd swap Scorsese for 85% of directors period.
@@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747 😂
@@Simone-xe9cw gey
Yeah Tarantino’s acting is cringe, Scorsese isn’t bad like in Taxi Driver. And he’s good at playing himself like his cameo in Curb Your Enthusiasm
@@bobxyzp Tarantino was great in From Dusk Till Dawn. His performance is probably the most impressive thing about that movie.
0:50 Too violent!..............Ok, Uncle Marty, you're not okay.
"That boy was shoving a whole slice of cake down the girl's mouth!!"
Or maybe had the knife shining up for the birthday cake
Travis rears his bloody mohawk in.
"I mean it was very easy to do because basically you gotta...ughpff...otherwise..y-you...ugh...otherwise you know i-it's just...there...oh god you take your...take myself too...the word is seriously I guess, but you know the damn thing is you gotta me serious about making a picture."
- Martin Scorsese
Facts
Words of wisdom
Yeah what was he even talking about here?
@@jackmace6531 I think the reason he was stammering is because he realized what he was saying seemed to confirm the stereotype about himself caricatured in the commercial, that he's a somewhat pretentious perfectionist who's too serious about his own movies, and he tried to dance around it before finally just accepting it and embracing it at the end.
he's one of those types that has to stammer around in interviews instead of just getting to the point
presumably he's different on set or it must be a goddamn nightmare to work under him
When I was at film school, my lecturer firmly believes that you must first be a damn good photographer to even consider being a filmmaker
nah photographers are pretentious trash. every "photographer" ive met posts pictures of trees with every editing effect they can muster on create pro. film makers arent just glorified photographers. they have to be writers, actors, and leaders. ofc the camera is there too but its useless without the imagination.
I don’t think that’s true but ok
completely untrue.. your cinematographer perhaps should be.. but as a director, you should know drama, conflict, psychology, society, human nature, music, literature, rhythm, and have an abundance of sympathy, and finally have a vision.. if you have all that.. you may start without knowing a jot of photography
@@MahmoudIsmail1988. Yes! Especially literature... Most film students I see here have never picked up a book
That's dumb. Dogmatic mindsets like that are driven by ego. Any true film maker will tell you that to be a filmmaker, is simply to have the drive to make a film, that's the only thing that defines a filmmaker.
Unironically this commercial has a really cool and sleek editing pace and Scorecese makes everything super funny.
I love marty so fucking much
I think Chuck Jones said it best: "Don't take yourself seriously, but take what you do seriously."
Well said
“Where’s the drama huh?” While talking about a kids birthday party. 😂😂😂 The goat.
Dude is genuinely a good actor. Shark Tale was meh but his performance made it worth watching
Watched it recently, he was great!
Gotta watch this every now and then to remind myself that I'm not crazy, I'm just passionate about my art.
Hell yes.
As you should.
200th like
Where is the antagonist? 😂
As someone editing his first film, it's warming to hear Scorsese goes through this too
His acting reminds me of woody allen!
Well, NY.
It's called being a New Yorker.
@@johnfitzpatrick3094 Jew* yorker
@@pipi3126HD Scorsese isn't Jewish. Go back under the rock you crawled from.
@@johnfitzpatrick3094 My bad
Scorsese, the king of unfinished sentences. :-)
"say cheese" 'good' direction Marty!' xD
He should star in a comedy
He was in Sharktale
Watch King of Comedy very underrated movie from Marty.
He's got a great sense of humor I thought I was completely done but then he drops the line " how would you like to be five again? " 🤣
Absolutely love this 😂
He is explicitly crazy
All the greatest minds are.
And that’s why we love his work ❤️
Don't forget insecure.
This makes me feel better about myself
He is so fucking cute omg - "You gotta be serious about making a picture." Right on, Marty.
I am sure the guy who directed Marty in this ad must be shitting his pants.
Most probably Marty himself directed it.
This commercial is better than most movies today.
"to violent"
Jay Walker too
I wish I could be stuck in a Winnebago trip with this man.
It’s just hilarious to hear Martin Scorsese say “Good direction, Marty”.
The greatest commercial EVER.
WHY AM I JUST NOW SEEING THIS!!!
I am just seeing it too! It popped up on my feed. Although I do remember the commercial when it first aired. One of my favs
Orangeflava man I've been living under a rock apparently.... It's like I've just discovered oil!!
Do you recall the exact year you saw this? Looks like early 2000s to me
Because ... fuck I don't know who cares
your momma cares. lol just a joke man....
original douche. probably the best you got
I love this filmmaker. Very few legends in the craft.
He is a promising and upcoming actor. Wonder why he hasnt been discovered by any director.
I adore this
lol just noticed the guy in the back staring XD
This was absolutely brilliant 😂❤
I'm still in awe at the number of words he manages to fit into the last 2 seconds of this video
A lot of space in the frame is left above characters heads, I think this is to imply a sense of ‘thought’ as thoughts are often depicted as occurring above people’s heads - it’s like there’s an internal dialog happening as well as the words spoken on screen
He’s a really good actor
HES A LEGEND
He's actually quite a good actor, right? As anyone who remembers _that_ scene in Taxi Driver can attest.
Photo Developer: "Here are your photos sir."
Christopher Nolan: "But they haven't been taken yet."
Photo Developer: "They have, that's why I'm giving them to you."
Christopher Nolan: "The payment is today, but the photos won't be taken until tomorrow, these weren't developed until yesterday and we've already had this conversation many times before."
Photo Developer: "What."
That is so how I imagine it would go if Nolan did it
This commercial could be the opening for a movie
"Good direction, Marty" 🤣🤣🤣
I love this so much.
As a filmmaker, I absolutely love this commercial. 👏
Love how his comments apply to both the pictures and the shots of the store; "too dark, composition is forced, etc". Genius at work lol
I like everything about Martin Scorsese Silence Goodfellas etc.
Martin Scorsese said "too violent"😂😂😂😂😂
"Too violent"....
hmm
I can just hear the jingle
"You gotta be serious.
Scorsese Serious."
Funny advert with the great director Martin Scorsese. :-)
What a legend Marty is.
stress buster video for me always😂
Truth be told this is the first time I’ve ever heard Scorseses voice and I couldn’t help but think of Mr Sikes from “Shark Tale” And looking further I found that he actually WAS the voice for Mr Sikes…Learn new stuff every day.
Holy shit, I’ve seen Quiz Show but I didn’t remember he was that good of an actor. The comedic timing is brilliant.
Imagine being a director for one of the greatest directors of all time.
Sweats everywhere.
Literally the Gordon Ramsay of filmmaking 😂
Wow that was an awesome commercial. First time ever seeing it. “How do you feel about turning 5 again?” 😂
You HAD IT Marty! The antagonist was TIME! TIME ITSELF! AGEING! The penalty of living!
The penalty of living, that’s good I like that
This look back & nod at 0:06 is so subtle but so funny too, dude is like "yeah bro i know who you are" but while keeping his job
Scorsese really said "too violent" LMFAO satire indeed 😭😭😭😭😭
I remember this commercial and I’m glad he talked about it.
This commercial is a dream for any photographer.
we need more cameos with Scorsese!!
He is the solution for the actors guild strikes!!
"How would you like to turn 5 again?" 😂😂😂😂😂😂
I need this with Werner Herzog.
I learned who he was from this commercial.
"How'd you like to turn five again?" Shout out to the writer who wrote that line for the commercial.
My favorite Amex commercial.😂
Love you Scorsese 😊❤️
I have often the same reaction on my own analog photographic endeavors. 😂
One of my favourite.
Why did that stress me out, as if I had to load out the equipment for the reshoot 😂
Absolutely amazing XD
Hell yeah, you got to be serious making a picture 👍🏻🎥🎬
the mans a legend
"Hey Timmy, it's your uncle Marty, I want you to turn 5 again."
I can't believe they turned Sykes from Shark Tale into a real person 💀
Scorsese when you force him to watch a Marvel movie.
FYI: I'm making a joke, I love Scorsese's work.
I didn't know he was such a good actor.
0:54: He does appear the very imaginary fourth member of the Good Fellas.
Legend Marty is and still is though this day.
why is the commercial shot like it was mr robot
This was so funny. Scorsese is hilarious.
I find humorous and sincere how his realization is that for more off-putting that being meticulous in a craft is, at the end it's very important for it to be taken seriously (when making something, you need the drive and focus, inside a method or careful process). Even, the commercial about this is, most likely refined as much as it need it, despite being satirical and commercial.
This is the greatest commercial in the history of cinema!
Marty’s face @0:55 😂😂
Never seen this before, but it's brilliant
Now that’s cinema
I'm so glad this doesn't have any dislikes!
I have no idea what you're talking about.
Uh oh
YOU DICKS!!!!!!!!!!!!
I seriously have no idea what you are talking about
Right. And what bring's you to that conclusion?
Beginners: this advice my not be for us. I tried to *begin* filmmaking like this. I didn't turn up five works in ten years. I'll now begin however I see fit, and *get to* approach filmmaking seriously one day.
GOAT.
Bonus of music block happy spring holidays love you7.1
Marty 😍
He is very sharp
Great ad.
can you please post the link for the original interview, here in this video