The careers of Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg form a fascinating contrast with each other.

As the two big holdouts of directors who began their careers in the New Hollywood era, the filmography of Scorsese and Spielberg always fascinated me especially the contrast between both of their careers.

Both of them were snubbed for Best Director for their breakout films ( Jaws and Taxi Driver) even though the movie was nominated for Best Picture in favour of acclaimed foreign directors ( Fellini and Bergman) whose movies weren't nominated for Best Picture.

Both of them suffered their biggest setback in the late 1970s with 1941 and New York, New York and made an immediate comeback with their next films in the early 80s which are considered to be one of the best of their career ( Raiders of the Lost Ark, Raging Bull). This is in contrast to someone like Coppola or Friedkin who were sunk quite badly for a long time by One from the Heart or Sorcerer.

In the 80s there is a interesting contrast between the two directors where Spielberg is the king of box office yet critics refused to see his movies as prestigious or adult while Scorsese movies are considered to be prestigious or adult but aren't earning any money at the box office.

It took till the 90s where both directors were able overcome this image. Scorsese movies like Cape Fear and Goodfellas start earning decent money for their budget while Spielberg made Schindler's List which immediately shut everyone up about his movies not being prestigious or adult.

The most nominated editors for Oscars along with the ones who have won the most Oscars for editing are Micheal Kahn and Thelma Schoonmaker, both of whom have won 3 Oscars each for movies directed by Spielberg and Scorsese respectively. Both of them have been nominated 8 times, out of which 7 nominations are for movies directed by Spielberg and Scorsese respectively.

Scorsese is the 2nd most nominated director for Best Director Oscar while Spielberg is the 3rd most nominated director for Best Director Oscar. Even if Spielberg is nominated again for West Side Story for Best Director, he will still be the 3rd most nominated director after Scorsese.

Both of them have recently gotten controversy over their statements over recent trends in movies. With Spielberg it was regarding his comments about Netflix movies should not be nominated for Oscars while Scorsese got controversy for his comments on the MCU films.

Submitted December 29, 2021 at 10:10PM by mrnicegy26 https://ift.tt/3z6hhOa