Martin Scorsese and the American Dream by Jim Cullen - 9781978817418

Martin Scorsese and the American DreamAuthor(s): Jim Cullen\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Rutgers University Press, United States\nImprint: Rutgers University Press\nISBN-13: 9781978817418, 978-1978817418\nSynopsis\nMore than perhaps any other major filmmaker, Martin Scorsese has grappled with the idea of the American Dream. His movies are full of working-class strivers hoping for a better life, from the titular waitress and aspiring singer ofAlice Doesn't Live Here Anymoreto the scrappy Irish immigrants ofGangs of New York. And in films as varied asCasino,The Aviator, andThe Wolf of Wall Street, he vividly displays the glamour and power that can come with the fulfillment of that dream, but he also shows how it can turn into a nightmare of violence, corruption, and greed.\n This book is the first study of Scorsese's profound ambivalence toward the American Dream, the ways it drives some men and women to aspire to greatness, but leaves others seduced and abandoned. Showing that Scor.