For God’s sake, give one to him now

Martin Scorsese has been nominated for Best Director at the Academy Awards. Once again. This is the sixth time Scorsese will be walking the red carpet in anticipation of holding the golden statuette. Scorsese has created cinematic masterpieces like Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and Mean Streets – and it beats me how he never won an Oscar for those movies. In recent years, he has dabbled in different genres of cinema such as historical drama (Gangs of New York) and biopic (The Aviator) – both attempts won him Oscar nominations. With The Departed, he again returns to his forte – exploring the underbelly of society.

For more than 30 years, Scorsese has been tireless and indefatigable, and his body of work already confirms him as one of the greatest directors of all time. The Departed may not be his greatest work, yet his Oscar is long overdue. Give it for Taxi Driver, Mean Streets and Raging Bull.

(Without him, the world may never have known Johnny Boy – and the genius of Robert De Niro).