A Companion to Martin Scorsese is a comprehensive
collection of original essays assessing the career of one of
America?s most prominent contemporary filmmakers.
Contains contributions from prominent scholars in North America
and Europe that use a variety of analytic approaches
Offers fresh interpretations of some of Scorsese?s most
influential films, including Mean Streets, Taxi
Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Gangs of New
York, and Hugo
Considers Scorsese's place within the history of American and
world cinema; his work in relation to auteur theory; the use of
popular music and various themes such as violence, ethnicity,
religion, sexuality, gender, and race in his films, and more
