Martin Scorsese photographed by Steve Schapiro on the set of Taxi Driver
“The cinema began with a passionate, physical relationship between celluloid and the artists and craftsmen and technicians who handled it, manipulated it, and came to know it the way a lover comes to know every inch of the body of the beloved. No matter where the cinema goes, we cannot afford to lose sight of its beginnings.” - Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese on the set of Taxi Driver (1976).
Film is history. With every foot of film that is lost, we lose a link to our culture, to the world around us, to each other and to ourselves.
“Basically, you make another movie, and another, and hopefully you feel good about every picture you make. And you say, “My name is on that. I did that. It’s OK”. But don’t get me wrong, I still get excited by it all. That, I hope, will never disappear.”
Martin Scorsese (born November 17, 1942)
Martin Scorsese & Robert De Niro
Martin Scorsese (filming “Taxi driver”)
On the set of Taxi Driver - Martin Scorsese and Robert de Niro
