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DGA win puts Scorsese in Oscar limelight
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I wish Martin Scorsese had won the Directors Guild of America Award long ago for “Raging Bull.” Or “Goodfellas.” Or even “Casino.” But he didn’t. He finally won late Saturday for “The Departed.”
It’s seems it is finally Scorsese’s year. Saturday’s DGA honor, which he finally won after years and years of trying, is for the bullet-riddled “The Departed,” his re-imagining of the cult Chinese hit “Internal Affairs.”
“The Departed” is a fine movie. But it’s not Scorsese’s best. In a year of fine but not immortal movies, it’s a time of convergence for Scorsese. It’s become his year.
If you’re the kind of moviegoer who bets on the Oscars, now is the time to put down Scorsese’s name in the best director race.
Trust me on this: he’s finally going to win. The DGA has long been a good barometer of how Oscar votes will go.
The DGA often does a lot of things right.
Like, this year they honored Kenny Ortega for Disney’s “High School Musical,” one of the great natural phenomenons of 2006. When you have that many kids embrace a TV movie with limited initial mainsteam promotion, you’ve created something special.
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