"Martin Scorsese reflects on his volatile reaction to a film studio threatening to cut the ending to his 1976 film, Taxi Driver, in an eye-opening new Apple TV+ documentary. The Oscar-winning director is the subject of a five-part series from Rebecca Miller, titled Mr Scorsese, which includes brand new revelations about one of the world's most revered living filmmakers. It was coming out of the more renegade period that he was part of,Miller told The Sunday Times of Scorsese's outburst."
"It really was like the Wild West, film-makers really got up to anarchic things. She continued: He's definitely not proud of his behaviour. I could see his own embarrassment, which I found endearing, actually. But it's not a job for him, being a director. It's not a coat you can take off. It's him. So if his film was being threatened, he was being threatened."
The Independent requests donations to sustain reporters on the ground covering issues from reproductive rights to climate change and Big Tech, emphasizing paywall-free journalism funded by those who can afford it. The outlet stresses the importance of interviewing both sides and investigating matters such as PAC finances and documentary production. Martin Scorsese reflects on a volatile reaction when Columbia reportedly threatened to cut Taxi Driver's ending after the MPAA warned of an X rating. Rebecca Miller's five-part Apple TV+ series Mr Scorsese includes revelations about that incident and frames Scorsese within a renegade filmmaking period, noting his embarrassment and deep identification with his films.
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