“You just spent a year of your life making this piece of shit.” 53 years ago, a legendary filmmaker said one sentence that changed Martin Scorsese’s fate

Before Martin Scorsese directed his acclaimed film Taxi Driver, he made Boxcar Bertha, a romantic crime drama. The film was a low-budget project commissioned by Roger Corman, known for creating inexpensive imitations of popular movies, and it drew inspiration from the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde. Despite the limited budget and the need to make numerous cuts, Scorsese dedicated himself to finishing the film, as it was an important early project for him.








