City of Films

In a recent interview with shortlist,  Martin Scorsese took some questions about his forthcoming Frank Sinatra biopic.

On the current state of the project:
“We’re still working on the Sinatra script. It’s very hard because here is a man who changed the entire image of the Italian-American. And that’s just one thing. Along with his political work, civil rights, the Mob…”

What films of his might SINATRA most resemble. Goodfellas?  The Aviator?
“I was hoping it would be a combination of the two. Yeah, because in structure I’d like it to be more like GoodFellas. But like The Aviator, it only deals with certain times in his life. We can’t go through the greatest hits of Sinatra’s life. We tried this already. Just can’t do it. So the other way to go is to have three or four different Sinatra’s. Younger. Older. Middle-aged. Very old. You cut back and forth in time – and you do it through the music. See what I’m saying? So that’s what we’re trying for. It’s very tricky [laughs].”

Scorsese’s asked what actors he’d like to one day work with (not for Sinatra):
“Johnny Depp is one. I like him. He’s unique. I don’t know how he does it. George Clooney.  Brad Pitt is interesting.  And Tobey Maguire. There’s a lot of good people.”