Martin Scorsese Talks the ‘Glamour of Evil,’ Actors He Wish He’d Worked With and ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ at Montclair Film Festival
variety.comAddie Morfoot Contributor Sin, forgiveness, the glamour of evil, Barbara Stanwyck, Marlon Brando, terrible preview screenings for “Goodfellas,” Robert De Niro‘s silence and, of course, “Killers of the Flower Moon” were all topics of conversation during Montclair Film Festival’s Filmmaker Tribute to Martin Scorsese on October 27 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.
The director, who has received 14 Oscar nominations, was in the Garden State for the festival’s annual “An Evening With Stephen Colbert” fundraiser.
Colbert, a Montclair resident, has long been a booster of the event, which is currently in its 12th year. During their conversation, Scorsese told Colbert that Robert De Niro not only convinced him to make “Raging Bull,” which earned the director an Academy Award nomination, but also urged him to work with Leonardo DiCaprio in 1993 after the release of “This Boy’s Life.” The helmer also addressed De Niro’s notoriously tight-lipped demeanor. “He just doesn’t say anything,” Scorsese quipped. “The first time I ever had him on (“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert”) he sat down, and I just didn’t ask him a question for a minute,” Colbert added. “A minute of silence on a late show is an eternity, and it was one of my favorite interviews.” Among the actors Scorsese wishes he had worked with?
Spencer Tracy, Barbara Streisand, Stanwyck and Marlon Brando. Stanwyck had “range,” the director said before adding that he and Brando talked about doing a film together that ultimately didn’t pan out. “Did you hang?
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