Martin Scorsese directed an episode of Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories, but the cheesy tone of the show didn't let the director's style shine.
The Big Picture Killers of the Flower Moon might be the most talked about movie in the world at the moment, but Martin Scorsese's career has had its quieter moments, too. He's made small independent films like Who's That Knocking at My Door, concert films like the inventive Rolling Stones project Shine a Light, and he's even worked on TV shows —not too many, but some here and there over his multi-decade career.
Release Date September 29, 1985 Cast Charles Durning, Kevin Costner, John Lithgow, Sam Waterston Genres Anthology, Fantasy, Science Fiction Rating PG Creator Steven Spielberg Developer Steven Spielberg, Joshua Brand, John Falsey Distributor Amblin Entertainment, Universal Television Martin Scorsese Was an Odd Fit for Steven Spielberg's TV Series, 'Amazing Stories' Supernatural horror, the Amblin tone, and Martin Scorsese aren't exactly three things that you'd expect to go...
Martin Scorsese Tackles Horror in His 'Amazing Stories' Episode "Mirror, Mirror" This Amazing Stories episode is an oddity in Scorsese's otherwise impressive filmography. "Mirror, Mirror" is basically a 24-minute campfire story. It begins with a world-famous horror author, Jordan Manmouth, being interviewed about his work on The Dick Cavett Show .
Spielberg's 'Amazing Stories' Rarely Let Its Directors Exercise Their Styles Close Sadly, as someone who came to this episode excited to see Scorsese exercise his style in a 24-minute anthology horror story, this episode doesn't have much to offer in that aspect. By and large, it plays like most other Amazing Stories releases. This show doesn't have the flat cinematography of a sitcom or anything, but it also doesn't exactly let its filmmakers shine.
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