That was then, this is now: when scorsese first emerged, the helmer was king.(V PLUS: EYE ON THE OSCARS: THE DIRECTOR/DGA AWARDS)

I fone could magically turn the clock back 30 years, the movie landscape might appear quite alien to today's young showbiz Turk: foreign-language fare was thriving; the major studios had become the playpen of visionary filmmakers; so-called independent movies were associated more with grindhouse than art-house; Clint Eastwood was still playing Dirty Harry Callahan: and Variety was reviewing porn.

It was also the year that Elia Kazan's swan-song release, the ill-conceived "Last Tycoon," might have finally closed the door on one era as the New Hollywood was blossoming full ...

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