Back in 2006, budding filmmaker Colin Levy had the privilege of meeting with Scorsese after winning an NYC-based short contest. Unfortunately for Levy, he had yet to be exposed to much of Scorsese's most celebrated films (including Taxi Driver and Goodfellas) at the time of the meeting.
In the words of Levy, "I labored over a thank-you card, in which I expressed the overwhelming impression I had gotten that I don't know enough about anything. I especially don't know enough about film history and foreign cinema. I asked if he had any suggestions for where to start."
He received the following list in response:
