A extract taken from Chris Anderson’s Bottomless Brunch broadcast on Hospital Radio Bedfordshire today.
In this feature Chris and I discuss the use of popular song in the films of Martin Scorsese.
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In the show I referred to the teaching work of my late and great A Level film studies teacher Mike Walker. You can read his obituary in The Guardian here. Thank you for your brilliant lessons Mike, they are certainly not forgotten. And thanks also for consistently treating us like the adult minds we were struggling to become.
Late for the Sky by Jackson Brown is available on the album of the same title. Be My Baby by The Ronettes can be found on The Very Best of the Ronettes. We used Herbert Von Karajan’s version of Pietro Mascagni’s Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana. This was performed by the Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala Milan and has been released by Deutsche Grammophon. All of these are available for purchase on Amazon Prime and other online retailers, as are the films Taxi Driver, Mean Streets, Raging Bull and Killers of the Flower Moon.
Image: Martin Scorsese on the red carpet of the Honorary Golden Bear gala at the Berlinale 2024. Taken from Wikicommons and used with gratitude to the photographer Martin Kraft.
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