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Boxcar Bertha is hardly "A Scorsese" picture. I mean, he directed it, but it was his Roger Corman exploitation quickie entry into Hollywood. What were you expecting? That it even needs to be dragged up for such a discussion shows how remarkable and consistent his work has been over his career.
The Color of Money is a good movie with good performances by Newman and Cruise, I like the music and some of the camera movements, and the script is more literate than most of this kind of film. And though it's nowhere near the level of The Hustler (few movies are), I'm glad they went a different direction with it rather than a simple retelling of the original. BUT all that being said, it's his most ordinary and least ambitious project. Still more than watchable, and quite fun in its way, but hardly in the realm of the rest of his work. It did serve a very specific purpose though, in that by making it and having it be a success finally got his ultimate dream project The Last Temptation of Christ financed and distributed.
And After Hours is a frippin' masterpiece.
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"Film is a disease. When it infects your bloodstream it takes over as the number one hormone. It bosses the enzymes, directs the pineal gland, plays Iago to your psyche. As with heroin, the antidote to Film is more Film." - Frank Capra