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35 Years Ago, 'After Hours' Saved Martin Scorsese's Career

posted 4 years ago by TMC-4 (20491)
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https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a34335663/after-hours-martin-scorsese-35th-anniversary-essay-history/

In the early 1980s the legendary director knew he was box office poison. That's when he made this small-budget twisted comedy that brought him back.

[–] SpiritualLiar (283) 4 years ago

And now if he made a film with the word "faggot" in it would end his career.

I dunno, did they have that word in "the irishman"? Absolutely no WAY I'm sitting through that #$!&.

[–] maixiu (2862) a year ago

I could probably find the word faggot in a hundred movies of that era. So what?

[–] TMC-4 (20491) 3 years ago

The Movie That Saved Martin Scorsese's Career Isn't What You'd Think

https://screenrant.com/after-hours-movie-saved-martin-scorsese-career/

Following a series of flops and setbacks Martin Scorsese almost quit filmmaking altogether in the mid-1980s before one film reignited his career.