Look In The Mirror: Supercut Breaks Down The Influence Martin Scorsese On Paul Thomas Anderson's 'Boogie Nights'

It’s no secret that Martin Scorsese’s work remains a substantial influence on pretty much every American filmmaker who came to prominence after he stepped into the scene during the second, auteur-driven Hollywood golden age we call the 1970s. It’s hard to see this influence feature more prominently and clearly than in the works of up and coming indie filmmakers during the 1990s, which makes perfect sense since they were the movie nerds who grew up during Scorsese’s '70s reign.

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There were two films that became a major influence on '90s cinema: “Die Hard” and “Goodfellas.” As often as 90s action fare copied the “Die Hard” formula (“Under Siege” was “Die Hard” on a boat, “Executive Decision” was “Die Hard” on a plane, etc…), indie filmmakers took their cues from “Goodfellas.” The Hughes Brothers’ “Menace II Society” was basically a hood version of “Goodfellas,” and Paul Thomas Anderson’s masterpiece about the '70s and '80s...