Bringing Out the Dead

Pros: visually exciting, Cage, Scorsese, soundtrack.
Cons: a bit disjointed and lacking some necessary pieces.

Martin Scorsese's 1999 film, Bringing Out the Dead, is a beautiful, if ultimately unfulfilling ode to suffering and redemption in New York City. Collaborating with screenwriter/director Paul Schrader for the first time in more than a decade...

Pros: Very Interesting, great bit by Ving Rhames
Cons: Not Cage's best at all

Bringing out the Dead looks more like it was directed by Oliver Stone, rather than Martin Scorsese. It has that whole Natural Born Killers look, but not quite as colorful.

Bringing out the Dead stars Nicolas Cage as an Ambulance Driver who...

Pros: Nicholas Cage, Scorsese's direction, great supporting cast
Cons: Bloated running time

This week in my Scorsese film class we watched one of Martin's lesser-known films that was made between his awesome Goodfellas and courageous Gangs of New York, a late nineties film called Bringing Out The Dead starring Nicolas Cage ...

Pros: Great acting, colorful characters
Cons: Very depressing

People either love it or hate it. I guess it depends on whether you look at it from a great directing and acting point of view, or from the view that the subject matter is so dismal and depressing. I read an epinion by spoalanm that got me curious, so...

Pros: Interesting plot, great actors
Cons: Drug use, Violence, confusing, made my head spin

I had wanted to see this movie for a long time and I just hadn't gotten around to it. When I found out that my mother had the movie I was very excited to have the chance to see it. It is an understatement to say that I was disappointed. The movie was...

Pros: Scorsese, excellent script, acting, soundtrack, cinematic eye candy.
Cons: Lack of chemistry between main love interests, depressing subject matter, audio editing issues.

Bringing out the Dead tells the story of Frank Pierce, a burnt-out paramedic working the graveyard shift in New York City's Hell's Kitchen. Frank is a man caught between two worlds, that of life and death. Each day his job brings him in touch with ...

Pros: John Goodman, Ving Rhames, Tom Sizemore; also good soundtrack
Cons: lack of plot, depressing

My husband rented this movie last night, knowing my interest would be piqued because I rode an ambulance for over 15 years with 2 volunteer fire departments.

I was initially taken aback by the title, which gave me the impression that it was...

Pros: The cinematography is magnificent, great depictions of chaotic EMT situations, Cage's acting, Great supporting ensemble acting, Thought provoking
Cons: Perhaps too violent and bloody for some viewers, Uneven -- the ending loses steam, Very similar to other better Scorsese work

The fourth collaboration between Martin Scorsese and screenwriter Paul Schrader brings out similar aspects to their work in Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and The Last Temptation of Christ. Once again in Bringing Out the Dead, we...

Pros: Great cinematography, Cage is good
Cons: Arquette is poor, hard to stay emotionally involved

This past weekend, my wife and I rented Bringing Out The Dead on DVD. I wasn't quite sure what to expect as I knew this movie hadn't been critically acclaimed, but I had seen a number of good reviews (including a few here). I figured I'd give Scorsese...

Pros: entertaining ,good dialogue.
Cons: may be too outrageous for some.

Bringing out the dead is directed by Martin Scoresce and written by Paul Schrader, it stars Nicholas Cage as a paramedic on the edge, and Patrica Arquette as a somewhat token love interest

In spite of its many critics this movie held...

Pros: Cage, Goodman, Rhames, Anthony and Sizemore were excellent.
Cons: This movie can be described as depressing and without a specific plot.

Directed by Martin Scorsese ("Cape Fear, 1991", "Goodfellas" and "Casino") and starring Nicholas Cage ("Con Air", "8mm" and "Snake Eyes") as Frank Pierce as a burned out New York City ambulance...

Pros: a well-cast window into the high-stress life of an EMT
Cons: a depressing window into the weird life of an EMT

Let's pretend that you're a director and that you need to cast the role of a middle-aged male who's riddled with angst and self doubt and perhaps a bit obsessive to boot. Chances are you're going to pass on the likes of Jim Carrey, eh? and neither...

Pros: A beautiful, beautiful film...
Cons: ...destined to be misunderstood

"Making a film is, for Martin Scorsese, a happiness and a torture. For us, his audience, it is a promise that sweetens the whole year."

I couldn't agree more with the above statement, made by Michael Powell in his foreword to...

Pros: good cast, great direction
Cons: hated the voice over

Watching a Scorsese film is a really good barometer of how successful my therapy is going. The closer I get to mental health, the less I relate to his characters. Either I'm mellowing with age, or I really have put many of my demons to rest.

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Pros: Good music and performances
Cons: Slow pacing at times, dark plot

Martin Scorcese to the makeup artist: “I want you to make Nic Cage look like a corpse warmed over”. Makeup artist: “Done”. Nicolas Cage is Frank Pierce, an ambulance driver who does not like his job. Despite continually showing up late, calling in...