âWhat, are you crazy, move the camera? Just leave it there!â Martin Scorsese on The King of Comedy
Upon its release, celebrity satire The King of Comedy seemed a striking new turn for Martin Scorsese. In our Summer 1983 issue â reprinted here and in our new special issue Martin Scorsese: A Life of Movies â Terrence Rafferty spoke to the director about âstarting all overâ after the likes of New York, New York and The Last Waltz.
12 March 2021
Robert De Niro as Rupert Pupkin in The King of Comedy (1983)
Martin Scorsese has stopped moving. The whirling, volatile camera of Mean Streets, Alice Doesnât Live Here Anymore, Taxi Driver has been slowing down gradually over the years, steadying itself, settling into the fixed position it finally assumes in The King of Comedy: an almost classical mise en scène, cut to the stately, regular editing rhythms of the traditional American narrative film.
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Despicable Me” begins with the truth that villains are often more fascinating than heroes and creates a villain named Gru, who freeze-dries the people ahead of him in line at Starbucks and pops children s balloons. Although he s inspired by many a James Bond bad guy, two things set him apart: (1) His vast mad scientist lair is located not in the desert or on the moon, but in the basement of his suburban home, and (2) He dreams not of world control so much as merely dominating the cable news ratings as the Greatest Villain of All Time.
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Gru is voiced by Steve Carell, who gives him an accent halfway between a Russian mafioso and a crazed Nazi. His life is made more difficult because his mother (Julie Andrews) sometimes gets on his case. Memories stir of Rupert Pupkin in his basement, yanked from his fantasies by his mother s voice. Gru s most useful weapon is the Insta-Freeze Gun, but now, with the help of his genius staff inventor Dr. Nefario (Russell Brand), he can