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Ernie:
Alright, first and foremost...please don't move this to the scorsese board, not enough people go there, a lot more go here and it's kind of important so seriously, please don't move it. I need some people's help and I don't want this to get overlooked.

So, I'm doing my final project for film study on Taxi Driver. I'll keep this short and sweet...for a small part of the project, I need to know who scorsese has influenced and who he was influenced by (check below to see what I have so far, please correct me on any of them if I am wrong)...so if you guys could just reply listing who you know/think he has been influenced by and who you know/think he has influenced...that would be great. I think that's all I really need from you guys, everything else I found on IMDB. I know some of you guys really know scorsese so don't bullshit me please, this really is a final project, I'm not just trying to figure out something I want to know by asking creatively...this thing is due tuesday. Also, if it just your opinion...don't worry about. As long as you truly think it's valid, I'll take your word for it.

WHO HE WAS INFLUENCED BY:

Alfred Hitchcock
Francois Truffaut
Howard Hawks
Jean Luc Godard
John Cassevetes
John Ford
Michael Powell
Orson Welles

WHO HE HAS INFLUENCED:

David O. Russell
Paul Thomas Anderson
Quentin Tarantino
Wes Anderson

There's gotta be more for the latter, I'm just totally blanking here. Thanks in advance to you.

MrBurgerKing:
I won't write your paper for you, but I'd say the Coen Brothers and Spike Lee are influenced by Scorsese. Also Ted Demme's Blow is clearly influenced. The Sopranos TV show (a show which I don't watch, I despise all TV shows, except perhaps for 24. TV is probably the worst entertainment medium).

As for who influenced him, I'd say Kurosawa. Maybe Martin was influenced by Sergio Leone as well. Actually that's a lie, I've never heard that Leone influenced him at all, but I like Sergio's movies so I threw his name on here.

Damn. By the time I post this, I bet there will be 5 other posts before this giving the same names as me. I'll apologize in advance for this.

children with angels:
It would probably be helpful to mention Doug Liman's direct homage/parody in Swingers (particularly the Goodfella's steady-cam-into-the-restaurant shot). The characters even acknowledge the fact that all directors are influenced and steal from each other. In particular they also mention:

Quentin Tarantino. Surely a big candidate for someone influenced by Marty.

MrBurgerKing:
Imagine if Sergio Leone were still alive, and got his hands on Gangs of New York. Now that would be a great epic.

I can't believe we both forgot about that prick, Tarantino.

MrBurgerKing:
How about classic American film-noir?

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