EUmlawuli wefilimu uMartin Scorsese unike isifundo sefilimu namhlanje kuMnyhadala weFilimu weCannes wama-60 kwiholo ezele zimi ngeembambo apho "abafundi" babo baquka abo babalaseleyo njengoogxa bakhe uQuentin Tarantino noClaude Lanzmann baseFransi.
Wamkelwa ngentswahla yezandla ngabaphulaphuli ababezalise igumbi, behleli kwizitepsi zokufikelela, utitshala waseNew York ubalise iyure enesiqingatha ngamava akhe omboniso bhanyabhanya ukusuka ekuqaleni kwakhe ukuya kwimuvi ethi The Departed, eyamenza waphumelela iOscar yakhe yokuqala. NgoFebruwari njengomlawuli. Kwakhona wakhupha izifundo zakhe zefilimu eNew York, nangona enomyalezo ocacileyo: "Unokufunda kuphela ukwenza iifilimu ngokuzenza, ngokufanelekileyo ukuqondisa, kodwa nokwenza ezinye izinto zorhwebo", ezifana nokuhlela, awakufundayo ekuqaleni.
Ehleli eqongeni legumbi likaDebussy, lelinye lawona makhulu kwiPalais des Festivals de Cannes, intetho kaScorsese kunye nentatheli yaseFransi uMichel Simon yaphazamiseka ngamanye amaxesha ukuze ibonise amaqhekeza amafutshane emisebenzi yakhe, efana nezitalato ezimbi kunye neWild Bull. Malunga ne-protagonist yazo zombini iifilimu kwaye ngokungathandabuzekiyo omnye wabalingisi bakhe bezilwanyana kunye noJoe Pesci, uRobert de Niro, ukhumbule ukuba baboniswa ngumenzi wefilimu uBrian de Palma ngexesha lesidlo seKrisimesi.
Kwakhona wabonisa ukuba ubundlobongela obubonakalisa ezininzi zeefilimu zakhe zivela ekukhuleni "kwindawo enzima kakhulu yaseNew York." Kufuneka kukhunjulwe ukuba i-Scorsese yenye yeendwendwe ezihloniphekileyo kulo nyaka kwi-Cannes anniversary, apho kule veki ibonise iprojekthi yakhe ye-World Film Foundation yokukhusela ilifa lefilimu elisongelwa kukungabikho kwemali yokuligcina.
