Scorsese's a venerable film veteran, and while you may have known that, you might not have known that he is a straight up music aficionado gangster. Couldn't you tell with the inclusion of Bad Finger, John Lennon and Nas in "The Departed?" Who else could masterfully embed the likes of the Bad Finger suicide club, The Plastic Ono Band, and the Nas-thug-life, beat-right into the backdrop of the Boston landscape during a gangster shoot-em up and have it go on without a hitch? Martin Scorsese, that's who.
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