Quotes by Peter Biskind

It was hard to know what to make of the brothers dark infatuation with death. It was strange, wildly anomalous in sun-baked Southern California, where the light is so bright it bleaches the shadows.

In order to get [Mean Streets] made I had to learn how to make a movie, says Scorsese. I didnt learn how to make a movie in film school. What you learned in film school was to express yourself with pictures and sound. But learning to make a movie is totally different.