And 52 years later, this small-scale gangster drama remainsone of their best collaborations.
Understanding Scorsese’s influences brings certain aspects of ‘Taxi Driver’ into clearer focus.
There are many hallmarks ofScorsese’s later workpresent inMean Streets,particularly his attention tothe details of mob life.
Image by Nimesh Niyomal Perera
It’s like a feature-length version of the"Funny how?"
scene fromGoodFellas, and presages the unpredictable bursts of violence that would animate Scorsese’s work.
They hit the ground running withMean Streets,and never looked back.
