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“..As Scorsese’s new film, Shutter Island, opens .. our critic picks the great man’s 10 best scenes

Scorsese’s uncanny ear for dialogue was evident from his first masterpiece, Mean Streets ..

.. which is set in the heart of Little Italy among debt collectors and small-time hoods.

Characters were called by names such as Johnny Boy, Joey Clams and Giovanni Cappa.

In one classic pool-hall scene, Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel and David Proval start a fight -

- over the jukebox sounds of Please Mr Postman -

- after a barman calls one of them “a mook”..”

go to source/story>>Martin Scorsese best movie moments | Jason Solomons | Film | The Observer

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