Cinema rider Martin Scorsese and the late Robbie Roberston's professional and personal relationship is well-trodden lore, but, in a recent interview with Apple Music 1's Zane Lowe, the director has shed more light on the duo's rough-and-rowdy younger years, and Robertson's distaste for Scorsese's affinity for punk music.
"He just got mad at me when I liked the punk movement," the filmmaker told Lowe. "We were living together in my house, a small house up on Mulholland Drive, and he would just come in sometimes, 'Just lower it, lower it. It's too loud.' I said, 'No, but it's the Clash.'"
The director continued, "He goes, 'I don't care.' He said, 'I don't care. They have no musicianship, none. They can't play the guitar. They can't play the drums.' I said, 'Doesn't matter.'"
Scorsese went on to say that Robertson "conceded" with Elvis Costello, though. He shared:
When I showed the album, we went into the old Tower Records, myself and Jay Cox, who was a movie critic, but he was beginning to write rock criticism with Time Magazine. We looked and we saw all this English punk music, and we looked around and he said, "Grab that one, the Jam. Grab that one, the Clash. That's got to be something," and then we saw this Elvis Costello. He said, "Take this one because with that name, he better be good." ... When it came to the Clash, he didn't hate them. It's just that it would hurt his ears.
During the interview, Scorsese also touched on The Killers of the Flower Moon, his early film influences, working with Roberston on The Last Waltz, and his use of music across his sprawling film career.
Check out the full chat below.
"He just got mad at me when I liked the punk movement," the filmmaker told Lowe. "We were living together in my house, a small house up on Mulholland Drive, and he would just come in sometimes, 'Just lower it, lower it. It's too loud.' I said, 'No, but it's the Clash.'"
The director continued, "He goes, 'I don't care.' He said, 'I don't care. They have no musicianship, none. They can't play the guitar. They can't play the drums.' I said, 'Doesn't matter.'"
Scorsese went on to say that Robertson "conceded" with Elvis Costello, though. He shared:
When I showed the album, we went into the old Tower Records, myself and Jay Cox, who was a movie critic, but he was beginning to write rock criticism with Time Magazine. We looked and we saw all this English punk music, and we looked around and he said, "Grab that one, the Jam. Grab that one, the Clash. That's got to be something," and then we saw this Elvis Costello. He said, "Take this one because with that name, he better be good." ... When it came to the Clash, he didn't hate them. It's just that it would hurt his ears.
During the interview, Scorsese also touched on The Killers of the Flower Moon, his early film influences, working with Roberston on The Last Waltz, and his use of music across his sprawling film career.
Check out the full chat below.
