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From: citrin@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU (Wayne Citrin)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Re: After Hours Directorial Appearance
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Date: Sat, 2-Nov-85 20:47:29 EST
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Posted: Sat Nov  2 20:47:29 1985
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In article <252@husky.uucp> mls@husky.uucp (Mark Stevans) writes:
>Where are those sharp eyes out there in movieland?  Or maybe it's just my
>imagination, but I think that director Martin Scorsese appears in one
>scene of his movie After Hours.
>
>Does anyone feel the same as me?  Does anyone disagree?  How about you?
>

Martin Scorsese does indeed appear in "After Hours."  He's the guy holding
the searchlight in the punk club.

It seems that Scorsese, like Hitchcock, likes to make cameo appearances
in his films.  He was in "Taxi Driver" as the crazy guy in the cab who 
introduces Travis to the .44 Magnum, and he was in "The King of Comedy"
as the TV director just before Rupert appears on Jerry Lewis' TV show.
Of course, he appears in "The Last Waltz" as himself.

Can anyone complete this list?  I haven't seen "Raging Bull" and I don't
recall if he was in "Mean Streets."  How about "Boxcar Bertha"?

By the way, on the matter of what kind of film "After Hours" is, I
wouldn't use the term "horror film" to describe it.  It's a comic thriller
(thriller is a broader genre than horror).  In fact, probably without
intending to, Scorsese has produced in "After Hours" a film closer to the
spirit of Hitchcock than anything anyone else has done, particularly
Brian DePalma.

Wayne Citrin
(ucbvax!citrin)