The new Apple TV documentary series Mr. Scorsese contains many wonderful anecdotes and insights into the legendary filmmaker’s history. Unsurprisingly but nonetheless refreshingly, we’re reminded that Martin Scorsese didn’t arrive fully-formed, making masterpieces like Taxi Driver and The Age of Innocence right away. Rather, he had to struggle for a bit and experience his share of ups and downs.

As is often the case with biographies about the director, Mr. Scorsese locates one of those downs early in his career. Between his feature debut Who’s That Knocking at My Door and his breakout Mean Streets (his first collaboration with Robert De Niro ), Scorsese agreed to make a low-budget picture for Roger Corman , king of the fast and cheap feature, called Boxcar Bertha

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