Martin Scorsese Special: The Age Of Innocence vs. Bringing Out The Dead

Welcome to Highbrow Lowbrow, the show where our podcast hosts Steve Powell and Dan Slattery pit high art against low culture.

In this special episode devoted to the work of Martin Scorsese, we look at two films which have been unjustifiably overlooked in the career of one of the world’s greatest directors.

Steve’s pick is The Age of Innocence, in which Daniel Day-Lewis plays a nineteenth-century lawyer torn between true love and the expectations of the high society he belongs to.

Dan’s choice is Bringing Out the Dead, which he argues features Nicolas Cage’s greatest performance as a burnt-out paramedic haunted by the ghost of a patient he failed to save as he drives an ambulance through Hell’s Kitchen every night.

We hope our choices will drive you back to the more overlooked films in Mr Scorsese’s eclectic career. Beware spoilers and enjoy the show...