This is especially true when it comes to the films of Martin Scorcese, perhaps our most celebrated living filmmaker.
The very best movies often attempt to capture a specific and fleeting moment in time, paying tribute to a moment in society and culture that reverberates with the present while simultaneously feeling like a distant eon ago. In many films that have made an enduring mark on the wider culture, the resonance of the plot often comes from the richness of the source material that the movie plunders.
