To mark his 60th birthday, we celebrate the genius of Steven Spielberg by counting down (in no particular order) the greatest moments, amazing stories and monumental impact of the world's greatest film director...
WORDS: Ian Freer and Ross Bennett
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His Relationship With Martin Scorsese
Spielberg with Martin Scorsese at DGA screening of Gangs Of New York in LA.
Spielberg first bonded with Martin Scorsese over Scorsese's chilling NYU short The Big Shave in 1967. Despite completely different directorial styles, the two have remained firm friends ever since - Scorsese directed an Amazing Stories episode for Spielberg, Spielberg produced Cape Fear for Scorsese. But perhaps the most telling collaboration between the two Vaunted Auteurs remains Spielberg's contribution to the end of Taxi Driver. As well as standing as guarantor for the movie to ensure that it got finished, Spielberg helped out in the editing, shaping and tightening Travis Bickle's final bloodbath - even including a midnight trip to the cutting room to calm down a paniced Scorsese after the MPAA demanded that the violence be cut.
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