Scorsese is totally lying out of his ass in that last bit lmao.

Nah, Scorsese has always been crazy about movies so it wouldn’t surprise me if he’s telling the truth here. This is the guy who imagined and storyboarded a Roman epic when he was 11 so him pointing out aspects in flims that he loved with his friends isn’t outside the realm of possibility.

https://www.openculture.com/2014/07/11-year-old-martin-scorseses-storyboards.html#google_vignette