Martin Scorsese was presented with the Berlin Film Festival’s Honorary Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement on Tuesday evening, with old friend German director Wim Wenders paying a warm personal tribute to the director.
Wenders said that over half a century of directing Scorsese had become a trademark, almost brand. “You could safely go into a movie theatre.
Sit down and know that with this next Martin Scorsese Picture, that was your your credit formula Marty, you are going to see a masterful film that would markedly define its time not more not less,” said Wenders.
He recalled how he and Scorsese had first hooked up while attending the Telluride Film Festival in 1978. Wenders rescued Scorsese and then girlfriend Isabella Rossellini after he came across them with a flat tire as they both were travelling back to L.A.
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